[pure-silver] Re: print washer

  • From: harry kalish <hksvk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 21:28:42 -0400

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:

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> ----- 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
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> 
>> 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
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