[pure-silver] Re: How do you wash fiber paper?
- From: Mike <bw.zone@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 12:32:43 -0400
I found this link:
http://www.wehmancamera.com/pwasher.htm
... on Bruce Wehman's site. It is an interesting design for an
archival washer. His site has other handy darkroom gadgets that he has
designed. And for those not familiar with Bruce he also makes an 8x10
camera.
Mike
On 6/30/05, Ben R. McRee <ben.mcree@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am making the transition from using a top-notch rental darkroom
> (which, unfortunately, has now closed) to a home darkroom. As I'm
> learning, there's much more involved than finding an enlarger! Right
> now I'm looking at the paper washing question. From what I can see
> there are two options: an archival washer (such as the Calumet or
> Gravityworks) or a large tray with a siphon (or even something as
> simple as the Yankee Print Washer on the B&H website:
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=165262&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation
>
> My question is for those of you who print fiber paper: how do you
> wash it and are you happy with your method? For what it's worth, I
> print both RC and fiber, and typically have four to six fiber prints
> (a combination of 8x10 and 11x14) and perhaps twice than many RC
> prints from a typical session. And I follow the Permawash sequence
> with fiber paper: 5 minute preliminary wash, five minutes in
> Permawash, then final wash (at least 20 minutes).
>
> Thanks for sharing your expertise!
>
> --Ben
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