[pure-silver] Re: bluish round spot on print

  • From: shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 09:55:10 -0500

good idea. That's why I had separate squeegees to begin with.

--shannon


On Apr 6, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Eric Nelson wrote:

> If possible I'd use some steel wool or whatever works on the rusty handle and 
> continue to use it on fixer laden prints, and not use the same one used for 
> washed prints.  There's already enough risks in making a stable print that 
> you don't want to introduce more chances of possible contamination. 
> 
> From: shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wed, April 6, 2011 7:47:36 AM
> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: bluish round spot on print
> 
> I think I figured it out.  I have this squeegee with a rusty handle:  it's 
> really for cleaning windows. Sometimes I squeegee a test print with it over 
> the fixer tray.  Some rust probably fell off it into the fixer tray.  
> 
> I use an all plastic squeegee for the final squeegeeing.  Last night I threw 
> the rusty one away.  I'll just have to rinse the plastic one carefully if I 
> use it to squeegee a test print.
> 
> --shannon
> 
> 

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