[pure-silver] Re: After sinks, your favourite tongs?
- From: Bill Stephenson <photographica@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:39:00 -0400
I understand what you mean about the powder; all I can say is that with 12-15 people printing full-time (part for automatic processing, part for hand development - which I did) it was a rare day that we got more than two prints sent back for dust spots. Maybe everyone was just lucky...?
Nowadays, I don't tone, and rarely go beyond 11x14, so I use my hands - and wash carefully.
-Bill
On Tuesday, July 26, 2005, at 12:42 AM, Eric Neilsen Photography wrote:
I avoid powdered gloves like the plague. The fine powder can get places no good photographers wants it. Powder free nitrile gloves are the only type I use. I too used bare hands for most of my early printing years, but when I tried to do printing and toning in the same day, that is when I could really see the errors of my ways. They are strong enough to last for hours so only a few pair are used over the course of a day.
Eric Neilsen Photography
4101 Commerce Street
Suite 9
Dallas, TX 75226
http://e.neilsen.home.att.net
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From:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf OfBill Stephenson
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 6:20 PM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: After sinks, your favourite tongs?
Many years ago, working in a pro lab, we used surgeon's gloves. We had a box (500-sheet 5x7 paper-size box) half full of talcum powder; you just towel-dried the gloves, stuck your hands in the box, then peeled them off inside out - freshly powdered on the inside to make them easy to put on again. Worked like a charm.
-Bill
On Sunday, July 24, 2005, at 06:20 PM, Peter Badcock wrote:
The nitrile gloves are a neat idea, I too wish I had thought of this earlier. In fact I have some of these gloves (snazzy purple ones) sitting around in my darkroom not being used right now. One question I have, how do you quickly change between the wet side and dry side again and taking the gloves off in a way that they can be put on again without getting wet hands? I usually have to turn the gloves inside out to take them off. Maybe you go through many set of gloves during a developing session?
regards
Peter
On 7/25/05, David Starr <davestarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'll second the gloves. I only wish I had started using them a lot sooner.
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