[pure-silver] Re: blotter books
- From: "Ralph W. Lambrecht" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: PureSilverNew <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:09:03 +0200
I got away from drying screens as well. I now have the luxury of a print
drying cabinet but worked with ordinary clothes line before that. All much
simpler than drying screens.
Regards
Ralph W. Lambrecht
http://www.darkroomagic.com
On 2006-04-16 15:36, "Lloyd Erlick" <lloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 06:43 PM 4/15/2006 , you wrote:
>>
> ...
>> I used to use classic dring screens made of cheese cloth
>> on canvas stretchers (cheap to make) but its easy now to
>> make them from plastic window screen material which does not
>> retain material from the prints and can be easily washed.
>> Cloth screens and the cloth on drying machines should be
>> washed in diluted household bleach every so often to get rid
>> of any accumulated hypo. As I wrote before I now use the
>> same method you do, i.e., hanging the prints.
>>
>> ---
>> Richard Knoppow
>> Los Angeles, CA, USA
>> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ...
>
>
> April 16, 2006, from Lloyd Erlick,
>
> One of the nice things about hanging prints to dry is that a whole lot of
> bother can be ... eliminated! It's such a wonderful feeling to have no
> screens to make, use and maintain.
>
> I did make a bunch in the past. Enough to dry a batch of 20x24s if I ever
> made them. Basically my screens took up six cubic feet. Every time I used
> them I had to search all over their surfaces to pick off lint. And then I
> had to search my prints' faces because for certain at least a few hairs and
> bits of lint got on them anyway. And then there was the occasional cleaning
> of the print drying screens. What a bother to swab with chlorine bleach and
> then hose the things down.
>
> Plus I spent money making them! Unbelievable.
>
> If anyone wants to spend money on something that can get dirty and needs
> constant attention and cleaning, get a set of glass negative carriers. They
> are very small compared to drying screens, and are much easier to keep
> clean. Glass negative carriers make a visible difference in one's prints,
> but drying screens don't. Drying screens are nothing but disadvantages. I
> actually felt bad giving mine to some folks who were in a club. They
> wouldn't be talked out of it.
>
> regards,
> --le
> ________________________________
> Lloyd Erlick Portraits, Toronto.
> voice: 416-686-0326
> email: portrait@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> net: www.heylloyd.com
> ________________________________
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