Re: Blisters in carbon

a.strauss@worldnet.att.net ( a.strauss@worldnet.att.net)
Mon, 13 January 1997 8:03 PM

To Sandy, Greg, and others who have made suggestions on my blister
problem... Thanks.

I went through a series of tests to try to zero in on my problem. My
problem
was not due to paper sizing. I got both excellent and absolutely horrid
resuts
with the same sized batch.

What was successful was using water that was left to sit in a tub overnight
and allowed to de-gas. I went from six or more 1/4 " blisters/print to
absolutely
none. This was with several different emulsion batches. I was so excited
that
I spent the entire day cranking out prints with not one failure. I will of
course
have to repeat this to be certain it wasn't just luck.

If I have the time I will try to put together a degassing apparatus.

Cheers,

Al

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