[pure-silver] Re: print washer
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 15:17:11 -0700
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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
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