Re: polymer plate drying time

[Keith Taylor <taylordow@sprintmail.com>]

Jon,

I find this surprising as I'm paranoid about drying my plates after  
processing. Obviously there's the need to remove surface water as  
quickly as possible, but then I carefully dry it with a hairdryer for  
2-3 mins and then place it in a film drying cabinet for a further  
5-10 minutes. Toyobo even recommend 5-15 minutes at 122-140 degrees,  
depending on the plate thickness.

Keith.

On Mar 15, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Jon Lybrook wrote:
> No drying time really, other than make sure there's no droplets  
> left on
> the plate after blotting -- and if there are using a hair drier like
> you're doing.
>
> Jon
>
> On 3/15/2007, "SusanV" <susanvoss3@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Jon I just went back to your
> > process notes and see that you're doing 600 sec at 1000, but no
> > mention of drying time.