From: Christina Z. Anderson (zphoto@montana.net)
Date: 06/16/03-02:46:31 PM Z
Good to know, Jack. A question for you or other gum printers/alt printers:
I am setting up a temp darkroom here in MN where I will be for a month.
After hearing that, was it you or Keith who actually coated paper outside in
the garage and let it dry?? Like in full on light?? I was wondering if I
could really coat and dry the paper in room light or should I cover the
windows? For gum and pt/pd, that is, oh and cyano. I have always done all
under a bug light. See, if I cover the windows, not much air will get thru
and it is quite hot in there. No air conditioning of course. I have found
out from the list that a bug light is really unnecessary, but I'm wondering
if even incandescent is really unnecessary, too...also remembering Laura
Gilpin used to coat her platinums in her sunny livingroom.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Brubaker" <jack@jackbrubaker.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: a newbie's first post: gum, temperaprint, oil
printing,sizing,and computer negatives
>
> "Christina Z. Anderson" wrote
> I only worried about it being dry enough to not wreck the neg,
> > but with diginegs it probably wouldn't be the end of the world to wreck
a
> > neg that costs 40 cents.
>
> Chris,
>
> Working in southern Indiana I have some great humidity to deal with. The
> concrete slab of the room I work in (with outside door hanging open to the
> woods outside) being cooler than the air condences water and gets swampy
in
> the summer. I hang my gumed paper to dry in the adjoining utility room
where
> the furnace and waterheater are located. In summer the waterheater (gas)
> drys that area enough that paper is ready almost as fast as I can organize
> the negs. etc. for printing.
>
> Jack
>
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