[pure-silver] Re: print washer
- From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 13:30:11 -0500
On 5/17/2010 1:07 PM, Elias_Roustom wrote:
> this:
> http://www.freestylephoto.biz/111411-Premier-Print-Washer-11x14
>
> or this:
> http://www.buy.com/prod/8x10-auto-print-washer-standard-accepts-12-8x10-or-24-5x7-prints/q/listingid/75614672/loc/111/203349532.html
>
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Elias
Depends on the volume of what you want to do. I use an EcoWasher that
holds 16x20 and I love the thing. BUT, before I could afford that
beast, I went to K-Mart and bought a storage bin big enough to hold
16x20 prints and about 8" tall - the sort of thing you might store
sweaters in under your bed. I drilled holes at the bottom of one end
of the thing much like you see in the Premier and added one of these
to the whole business:
http://cgi.ebay.com/KODAK-BRAND-AUTOMATIC-TRAY-SIPHON-/370382069388?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item563c7dde8c
It was a great setup and served me well for years. Here's the only
downside: Every time you add a print, you re-pollute everything in the
"washer" already with new hypo residue. This means you basically have
to leave everything in the washer until the last print is in, finish
the washing cycle for everything, and then dry the prints. This is the
same problem with the Premier model above.
The advantage of the EcoWasher (I don't know about the Patterson
above) is that you can add prints to the basket "downstream" from the
prints already in it without contaminating the upstream prints. Prints
go in- and out- of the washer as time dictates without having to wait
for the last one to go in and be fully washed.
If you do low volume, I'd suggest the DIY approach I outlined above.
It's cheap, works very well, and will allow you to customize the
size/depth of your "washer" to the volume of work you do.
*** In reality, when I used my DIY washer, I would use a very low
flow of water running through while printing, just to keep the
finished prints circulating. Once everything was done,
I'd set the water volume to the correct level for washing
and finish up that way. This "hold and wash" approach was used for
decades by master printers before fancy-schmancy washers became
available.
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