Re: Dry mounting gum prints

[John Brewer <john@johnbrewerphotography.com>]

> Sometimes I use it to iron my underwear in the winter!
>
> Don
A disturbing vision indeed Don!

J

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Bryant" <dsbryant@bellsouth.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 2:07 AM
Subject: RE: Dry mounting gum prints


> Mark,
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> > Glad you had no tonal inversions!  I hate them-though even worse is a
> rectal/cranial inversion.
>
> Yes any inversion is certainly serious. I'm blessed with a healthy rectum
> though I know some gum printers that aren't.
>
> >
> Couple of serious questions... can you remove the prints from that backing
> board if you want?
> >
> In a word no. If I had used the Seal Fusion dry mount tissue it could
> possibly be removed. For the record though I'm not mounting to matt board
> but rather to another sheet of high quality printing paper.
>
> >
> Does the heat from the dry mounting press melt the gum at
> all? (I'm assuming it didn't)
> >
> No there is no melting of the gum image though I imagine that could be 
> used
> as a creative gesture if one were so inclined. My dry mount press
> temperature is calibrated using Seal temperature indicator strips so it 
> does
> not get too hot. But I can tell you from experience that it can get very
> hot. Sometimes I use it to iron my underwear in the winter!
>
> Don
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