Re : Judy Seigel's post on RC

Jack Fulton (jfulton@itsa.ucsf.edu)
Sat, 06 Jun 1998 07:10:49 -0700

Judy was/is correct re seperating the resin coating (RC) from the paper
… however, a very simple manner to do so is the trick of placing the
print in rather warm water. Temperature is not important, just make sure
is is much wrmer than your body temp but not hot to scald or bother you.

Let sit for a mintue so as to let the heat penetrate, then, holding the
print on the bottom of the tray (smooth bottom helps here) slightly
"rough" the corner with your finger by pulling your index finger down
over the pointed corner. In a few strokes, the backing ought to start to
seperate.
If you are a nervous person and bit your fingernatils it may be hard to
graps, if so, use a pair of tweezers, otherwise, grasp the corner …
still under the warm water … and pul slowly the two layera apart. It
really goes swiftly if you do this.
I have tried, fruitlessly, and, as Ms. S notably notes, 'abjectly'
failed to get the twain to unmeet.

You can easily learn this technique in moments and it is easy.

Jack Fulton