| How should I handle my gobos? |
| Avoid scratching or polishing the side of the gobo with the aluminium coating. This side consists of a thin layer of aluminum that has been treated in order to be able to produce fine details at a very high resolution. It is recommended to wear latex or cotton gloves when holding the gobo, this reduces fingerprints and oily residue. |
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| Which direction should the gobo be placed in the fixture?
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| The black surface MUST be placed in the projector facing the lens and the polished (silver) surface facing the bulb. Therefore it is necessary to know which type of projector that is to be used. Placing the gobo facing the wrong direction will result in breakage. |
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| Can glass gobos take the heat from all luminaries?
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| The glass and optical coatings we use are capable of withstanding very high temperatures for prolonged periods of time. Even after many thousands of hours of use, the colors do not fade or disintegrate. Similarly we use a special silicone adhesive to laminate the gobo layers together, which can withstand a continuous 205° centigrade - considerably hotter than a domestic oven. Our full color gobos are suitable for use in virtually all automated lights as well as profile spots and projectors. An exception to this is the 2kw halogen lamp which can generate temperatures in excess of 400° centigrade. So we therefore advise against using full color gobos in these lamps.
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| How should I clean my gobos? |
| It is very important to try to avoid getting dirt or grease on to the surface of the gobos as this can cause heat to build up in these areas causing hot spots, these hot spots may damage the coatings. The aluminium coating used on the gobos is very thin and is easily scratched, great care must be taken when trying to clean them. Monochrome gobos may be cleaned by very gently using a cotton bud moistened with alcohol or acetone. Full-color gobos need to be treated with extreme care, the color layers are very vulnerable due to the very thin glass used. We strongly advise you against trying to clean them, call us for advice
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| What is "black-line" or "dark-mirror" coating? |
| It is a black optical coating beneath the highly reflective aluminium coated surface. This black coating absorbs the internal reflections within the projector that can lead to a halo or glow around the projected image.
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| What is the advantage of glass gobos?
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| There are a number of big advantages with glass gobos, the primary one being the absence of tabs to hold the image together as with a metal gobo. The benefit of this is that the image can be reproduced with very high resolution and it will not distort or melt when used continously.
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| What resolution are your gobos produced?
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| Our gobos are processed at 3600 dots per inch, with a line screening (the process of converting photographic material to 'half-tone') of 600 lines per inch.
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| Will the colors from my artwork reproduce exactly when projected?
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| Our goal is to reproduce your artwork as close to the original as possible. Though there are many different factors that will affect the end result in the use of gobos. Some possible examples are: the color temperature and intensity of the bulb, environmental lighting and even which surface the image is being projected upon. For more information about color matching, click here. |
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