[pure-silver] Re: curled fiber edges

I have both a dry mount press, and a fiber drum dryer, both of which were 
purchased used, and locally.  Compared to the new prices both items can be had 
quite reasonably, but they are heavy/bulky and expensive to ship, so it is best 
to be patient and wait for one to appear in your local market.

I tend to use the dry mount press just for mounting, since when I use the drum 
dryer, the prints come out flat, and do not require any additional flattening.



--- On Wed, 4/23/08, Bogdan Karasek <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Bogdan Karasek <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: curled fiber edges
> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 11:53 AM
> HI,
> 
> Dennis Purdy wrote:
> 
> > snip.........
> >
> > If you are going to make a lot of fiber prints then a
> dry mount press 
> > is worth the cost.
> 
> What is the price range that can be expected for a used
> 11x14?  I don't 
> print any larger. 
> 
> When I use the blotter rolls, I leave the prints in the
> rolls  over 
> night and then, the next day, I stack them between two
> scrap pieces of 
> 11x14 mat board and weight them down with several choice
> heavy art books 
> for a day or two.  Art can be weighty ;)  Prints come out
> perfectly flat.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bogdan
> 
> > I wash prints at the end of the day and put them face
> up on drying 
> > screens.  Then in the morning flatten them in the
> press.  Unless the 
> > humidity is really low, which it never is in Oregon, a
> quick warm 
> > press then curl the prints against the curl and they
> cool and dry flat 
> > enough to mount with just hinge tape.
> >
> > however my press is only a 11x14 and when I print
> larger than that I 
> > dry the prints then put them under a quarter inch
> sheet of glass with 
> > a bunch of evenly spread weight on top and leave them
> a couple or 
> > three days and it works just like a hot press only
> slower.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> >
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