Re: ?Carbon squeeging method?

s carl king (sanking@hubcap.clemson.edu)
Wed, 15 Jun 1994 08:26:39 -0400 (EDT)

For many years I used a mechanical squeegee consisting of two paper clips
connected with a thin strip of wood, attached to a frame in which was
positioned a sheet of plate glass. To use I placed the carbro tissue on the
glass, positioned the bromide over the tissue under the paper clips, holding
the far end of the bromide away from the tissue. To squeegee I used a hard
rubber roller about 16" long and started at the end near the clips, allowing
the bromide to contact the tissue just as the roller passed over. A similar
device is illustrated on page 139 of D. A. Spencer's Colour Photography in
Practice, 3rd. edition. This squeegee worked well with prints up to 11X14.
About 7 years ago I acquired an old Anchor photo wringer, consisting of two
24" rollers in a frame. I built a V shute to feed the bromide and tissue
into the rollers. In order that the two mate as they should they are placed
on hinged vinyl plastic carriers, marked with permanent marker to indicate
how the bromide and tissue should be placed. After adjusting for pressure
all that is required for a perfect squeegee is to turn the handle and the
mated sandwich drops from the bottom. Similar devices are pictured in some
of the old literature on carbro printing, such as Jack Coote, Viscount
Hanworth, etc. The biggest problem is to find the rollers because it is
a farily routine matter to construct the V chute device.................

I am aware that some people make good carbro printing squegeeing by hand
but for me the difference in quality with the roller squeegee was
immediately obviously, espcially as regards highlight retention without
break off.

Sandy King