Right. The more shallow the Kodak Tray Syphon is in the tray, the more times the water volume will be turn over in a given unit of time, which of course is desirable. On 5/17/10 6:17 PM, "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elias_Roustom" <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:03 PM > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: print washer > > >> My Kodak syphon seems not to be working right, the low >> spout is >> putting water our continuously - I think it's only >> supposed to flush >> when the tub fills up right? >> It's not magic, the face of each print has to be exposed >> to moving >> water. I can't just put a pile of prints in the tub and >> let the >> syphon run? >> >> I have (what I think is) a good home-made system. I run >> the water into >> a tub with holes at the bottom of it, and then I bring the >> prints up >> from the bottom one at a time continuously for 10 >> minutes - use a >> fixer remover solution for three minutes per 2 print >> (constant >> agitation and occasional change of position) - then >> another 10-15 >> minutes of the cycling around in running water. It's >> tiring late an >> night. I'm wondering if I can do better than that in terms >> of water >> usage and time standing there and actively washing. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Elias >> > Your syphon is working correctly. Water flows into the > tray continuously. When it reaches a certain level the > syphon part sucks it out so the syphon will make an > intermittant sucking sound. To work best the level of water > in the tray should not be too deep and the syphon should be > placed so that it creates some circular movement of water. > These simple devices work about as well as much more complex > washers but see my note about the necessity of shuffling > multiple prints or sheets of film to insure exposure of all > surfaces to fresh water. > > -- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ============================================================================== > =============================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) > and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.