Re: How large without a preshrink?
Glad to see I'm not the only one with that method (ripping it in and half and yelling) =) I have a dry mount press, but I have to pre-treat the FAEW in oxalic acid anyway for gum over palladium and the results have been good enough to not deal with the hassle of dry mounting and the extra expenses involved (plus larger trays, more chemistry, more mess and all that jazz). On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Christina Anderson <zphoto@montana.net> wrote: > I agree, Jeremy, > preshrinking does not take that much time. I just do a bathtub full at any > old time and then always have that step done. It's the sizing that is the > PITA. In fact, it is much easier to preshrink the 8x10's because they are > small and hang nicely. If I lose prints to any one thing, it is not color > or overexposure or whatnot, it is always misregistration. If I can't get it > to work by wetting the back of the print with a damp sponge until the image > fits the negative, I rip the print in half and toss it so I am not tempted > to keep fooling with it. ARGGHHH. Almost makes me want to do the > affix-to-aluminum process but I don't have a home dry mount press nor a big > sink. > Chris > Christina Z. Anderson > christinaZanderson.com
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