From: Jeff Buckels (jeffbuck@swcp.com)
Date: 01/30/02-05:35:56 PM Z
Clay: Nothing touches my drying prints (on the emulsion side) till they're dry
dry. On the other question: Well, after coating the paper, I place it on a big
weave screen (cheap wood frame for artist's canvas with fish-line net) and turn on
Stewart's soft-drying design, to wit, a double window fan about 4.5 feet above the
print and pointed straight at it (set on medium). When I get back a few minutes
later (after cleaning brush, droppers, etc.), the paper/emulsion is pretty dry. I
finish with a hair dryer on medium. Then I humidify for one minute in front of a
sonic humidifier. I can see it's dopey to dry the thing then wet it, but it would
be really hard to consistently determine a "just wet enough" point at the end of
drying. At least as I'm doing it, the degree of rehumidification should be
consistent. Well, anyhow, you all see anything here that would make the surface of
a Platine pt/pd print too delicate? -JB
clay wrote:
> Jeff:
> I actually meant the drying method after coating as being a possible culprit
> in fragility, but you may be on to something with the final drying method.
> Probably not a good idea to take a print that is the least bit damp and toss
> it into a pile of other prints. Down here in Houston, where we sometimes
> have to use a knife to cut a hunk of air to breath, it can take a while.
>
> Clay
> ----------
> >From: jeffbuck@swcp.com
> >To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> >Subject: Re: WHICH LENNOX?
> >Date: Wed, Jan 30, 2002, 4:52 PM
> >
>
> >Clay, Carl and All: (1) I use Kerik's and Stewart's magic brush. Love it.
> >This for those listening is the Richeson 9500 (I think the number is) brush,
> >which costs like $80-$90 (gasp). (2) Picking up on the sub-thread re:
> >fragility of Platine and drying method. As a general rule, I've been drying
> >like so: Out of the final wash and onto a clothes-pin-on-a-wire for a minute
> >or two, turn 90 degrees for another minute or two. On to the ambient-air-only
> >drying screen. The ambient humidity varies by season and weather, of course,
> >but around 30-40 this time of year. I really don't know how fast the prints
> >dry at this rate, because I go out of my way to leave them be (I think
> >there's a superstitious impulse at work there), but I'm thinking pretty dang
> >dry in an hour or so but not really really dry for a couple more (?). I guess
> >I've thought of this as a very careful/robust drying technique, as opposed to
> >forced air of any kind (I will do that w/ testers and other rough drafts)....
> > -JB
> >
> >
> >
> >clay <wcharmon@wt.net> said:
> >
> >> Carl wrote:
> >>
> >> I've had a problem with
> >> >Platine ending up with a fragile finished print surface that nearly needs
> >to
> >> >be handled like a charcoal or pastel drawing. The Lenox seems quite immune
> >> >to scuffing or abrasion.
> >>
> >> Carl:
> >>
> >> I haven't really noticed this. How are you drying it after coating? With
> >> heat and forced air, moving ambient air, what? Just wondering if the time it
> >> takes the sensitizer to soak in may be a factor in fragility with Platine.
> >>
> >> Clay
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >
> >
> >
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