Bob,
If it matters which way the print is up – and if it’s
possible to get it wrong! - it doesn’t sound to me like the washer is
very archival. FWIW, the textbooks tell us that emulsions actually wash
very quickly and that hypo retention by the paper fibres is the more likely
cause of long-term problems. In which case, then, both sides need to be
washed equally thoroughly.
Liam
From: BOB KISS [mailto:bobkiss@caribsurf.com]
Sent: 09 August 2008 13:03
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: RE: Richard circular print washer
Thanks Bob and all who replied!
CHEERS!
BOB
From: Robert W. Schramm
[mailto:schrammrus@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:55 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: RE: Richard circular print washer
Bob,
My cicular print washer is also in storage but I seem to remember that I put
the
prints in face down because they tend to float to the top. Therefore the
emulsion side is
has water flowing past it or at least more than if they were face up. Does that
make any sense?
Bob Schramm
Check out my web page at: http://www.SchrammStudio.com
> Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:19:39 -0400
> From: bobkiss@caribsurf.com
> Subject: Richard circular print washer
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>
> DEAR LIST,
> Yes,
yes, I have a good archival print washer but I dug out and
> set up my old Richard Circular Print Washer from my ol’ studio in
NYC. I
> seem to recall that the instructions said that the prints should be washed
> face down. Does anyone have the instruction manual and know for
CERTAIN
> which way the prints should lie in the wash water?
>
CHEERS!
>
BOB
>
> Please check my website: http://www.bobkiss.com/
>
> "Live as if you are going to die tomorrow. Learn as if you are
going to
> live forever". Mahatma Gandhi
>
>
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