Re: nu arc mat

[Tillman Crane <tillman@tillmancrane.com>]

>  > Tillman Crane wrote:
>>
>>  > Any ideas where I can get a replacement mat for my  vacuum, frame?
>>  > Mine is an old Nu Arc frame roughly 20x24. ( Judy, I am sure its
>>  > listed somewhere in Post Factory Resources but they are still packed
>>  > away from the move).
>
>
>I didn't like the original mat -- if you mean the one with the hard
>rubbery pimples -- and covered it early on with a heavy black vinyl, a
>smooth mat-surface black on the one side, a sturdy woven fabric of some
>kind on the other.  Since the vacuum only comes through the one hole I
>just cut that hole in the vinyl. The advantage, besides not putting
>dimples in my prints (in a couple of cases for some reason permanently
>marking the negative), is it's removed so easily for cleaning.
>
>I never could figure out why they made the mat that way, though presumably
>there was a reason...
>
>I use a cutoff from it on top of my light table... and may even possibly
>have a leftover scrap around somewhere -- If I do, I can send it to you to
>show what I'm talking about, although I imagine many materials would do as
>well.  This one came, if memory serves, from the rubber store on Canal
>Street.
>
>Judy

Thanks Judy.
I place a black mat board on the rubber mat to stop the dimpling.
tillman