[pure-silver] Re: flattening prints with no dry-mount press


----- Original Message ----- From: "Shannon Stoney" <sstoney@xxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 3:03 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] flattening prints with no dry-mount press


Hi, I have to flatten some prints this week, and the university where I usually do this will be closed. I use Agfa MC FB paper, and it gets curly on the edges for some reason when you flatten with books. I am wondering what some alternative ways to flatten them might be. Should I warm them in the oven and then flatten them between pieces of glass or something? What would be the right temperature to warm them to? Is it bad to do this in the oven?

--shannon


I think the reason the dry mounting press method works so well is that the emulsion side of the print is covered with release tissue which causes it to dry out more slowly than the support side. I have not tried this but I think it might work: Use a flat iron at a low setting as the source of heat. Place the print face down on a sheet of release tissue and cover the back with a couple of sheets of thick "kraft" paper. Iron the kraft paper first to get it dry. You might want to use several layers to even out the heat from the iron. Then iron the print and when its thoughly heated put the entire sandwich under a flat weight to cool for a couple of minutes.
I don't know what to do about the frilled edges (if thats what you mean by edge curling). I have the same problem with Agfa paper and had it a million years ago with Ansco paper, essentially the same stuff. I think the only cure may be to make prints with very large borders that can be trimmed off. If its simply that the ends stay curly the ironing should fix that.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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