From: Christina Z. Anderson (tracez@mcn.net)
Date: 05/12/00-10:57:11 PM Z
> By the late 60's real ferrotyping had practically vanished and
> "glazer/dryers" were in vogue. These were much easier to handle as they
> only needed thorough cleaning to prepare them for use. There has been
other
> comment on the availability of these so I won't bore you but beware if
> buying one used- the bed of the dryer must be absolutely mirror glossy
with
> no pits or discolouration.
>
> Some of the units had an aluminium bed which can be polished to remove
> discolouration and thus restore the finish but many had a steel bed plated
> with chrome- one of these less than perfect is scrap- it's just not viable
> to rechrome the surface. (But the chrome ones gave the better glaze-
almost
> up to ferrotype.....)
Interesting: we had a student in the class I was TA'ing for bring us a
print which came out of our roller dryer REALLY glossy. It looked like hi
gloss RC as a matter of fact. In comparison with the same print on the same
paper it was really amazing. She swore up and down it was fiber paper, but
it seemed really flimsy and we couldn't figure it out. Finally I got it:
it WAS fiber paper, a thinner Kodak brand, and the roller had apparently
been turned up too hot that day and had made the print shinier, a sort of
inadvertent ferrotype.
Chris
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