[pure-silver] Re: How do you wash fiber paper?

Ben, I wash a little along the way first with a tray siphon and then a final
wash takes place with a vertical washers.  The first tray siphon wash is my
holding wash. After I get an image print which may take 4 sheets give or
take, I continue a wash for 5 minutes hypo clear, a quick water rinse and
then into the print washer. I run it for just a couple minutes and wait for
complete wash until I am done printing for the day.  Run the washer for 15
minutes at the end and squeegee to dry.  

Eric Neilsen Photography
4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9
Dallas, TX 75226
214-827-8301
http://ericneilsenphotography.com
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> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ben R. McRee
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:08 AM
> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [pure-silver] How do you wash fiber paper?
> 
> I am making the transition from using a top-notch rental darkroom
> (which, unfortunately, has now closed) to a home darkroom.  As I'm
> learning, there's much more involved than finding an enlarger!  Right
> now I'm looking at the paper washing question.  From what I can see
> there are two options:  an archival washer (such as the Calumet or
> Gravityworks) or a large tray with a siphon (or even something as
> simple as the Yankee Print Washer on the B&H website:
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=
> &sku=165262&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation
> 
> My question is for those of you who print fiber paper:  how do you
> wash it and are you happy with your method?  For what it's worth, I
> print both RC and fiber, and typically have four to six fiber prints
> (a combination of 8x10 and 11x14) and perhaps twice than many RC
> prints from a typical session.  And I follow the Permawash sequence
> with fiber paper:  5 minute preliminary wash, five minutes in
> Permawash, then final wash (at least 20 minutes).
> 
> Thanks for sharing your expertise!
> 
> --Ben
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