[pure-silver] Re: print washer
- From: Speedy <speedgraphic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 16:44:23 +0000
Sounds like you are referring to one made by Arkay. I have one of these and
break it out when i need to do large prints or a large volume. It will take
prints up to 16x10. It consists of a tub that looks like it probably takes
about 8 gallons to fill and a rotating drum that sits on bearings and is
powered by the force of the inlet water jetting on a water wheel.
It works very well but it requires a lot of water.
I also have the rocking Patterson print washer that has been much maligned
here. I intend to do the beet juice test on t soon! So far I have had no
complaints with it.
Speedy
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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: print washer
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 17:41:49 +0200
I've seen a stainless steel washer in operation, which worked like a slowly
rotating washing machine. Is that the one describing?
Regards
Ralph W. Lambrechthttp://www.darkroomagic.comhttp://www.waybeyondmonochrome.com
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On May 20, 2010, at 08:17, Richard Knoppow wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Badcock" <peter.badcock@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:50 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: print washer
Thanks Jean-David,
That's rather depressing to read. I'd love to see the test
details/conditions if possible. Were they testing residual fixer levels in
the paper to a level that is considered archival by today's
standards/consensus ? In the mean time I'll see what I can do to make it
shower over the top.
rgds
Peter
On 20 May 2010 00:11, Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When I got my Zone VI print washer, Fred Picker enclosed a test report of
print washers by a test lab he hired. I assume Zone VI paid for the testing,
so the Zone VI came out first -- about the same as the East Street print
washer that was no longer available. The oscillating Patterson tested the
worst. They found the oscillating feature was of no use and you got
comparable results with it or without it. They made it work about as well as
all the others if they built a gizmo that showered the water in the top all
over the reservoir. But by the time I read that, I had no interest in making
something like that and besides it was not big enough for 11x14 inch prints.
It seems to me that either Calumet or another Chicago photographic equipment
maker made a stainless steel rocking washer c.1950s. I am not sure how this
unit worked, it may just have rocked back and forth to agitate the water but it
was a running water washer. They were made in commercial sizes but probably
more to wash large numbers of small prints than a few large ones. I have a
couple of old catalogues and will try to find it.
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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