----- Message d'origine ----- De: Russ Gorman <rusty57@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:56:34 -0700 Sujet: [pure-silver] Re: Sistan À: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >On Aug 15, 2007, at 8:22 AM, Adrienne Moumin wrote: > >> I have sworn off Sistan as of this morning. >> >> I always dry Sistan-ed prints face down on the screens because >> otherwise pools form in the lower areas of the paper as it dries >> and becomes wavy. >> >> I just did a big batch, and most of them came out w/areas of screen >> marks, etc, dried onto the surface. I soaked them while agitating >> for a few minutes, thinking that would wash out the Sistan, but it >> didn't make any difference. >> >> Maybe someone else has had better experiences, and would like to >> have it? I literally have a case or so, about 40+ bottles. Free >> to the first taker, Washington, DC area. >> >> Adrienne Moumin >> >> *************************************** >> on the web at: http://www.picturexhibit.com >> Saatchi Gallery: http://tinyurl.com/hw6r3 >> Art DC: http://tinyurl.com/vtjqf > >Are you using a squeegee before putting the prints on screens and >making sure the screens are frequently cleaned? > >I have an old window from my old 57 chevy I use on which I squeegee >the prints. > >I dry my fiber prints face down always and RC face up. > >Also I think if you soak the prints longer-say 90 minutes or so in a >vertical washer you might be able to get rid of the marks - they need >to soak long enough for the gelatin in the emulsion to swell completely. >============================================================================================================= >To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your >account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) >and unsubscribe from there. > I too use Sistan successfully without marks. Emulsion squeegeed and paper back on a flat surface covered with an absorbing lint-free tissue (the kind used to dry car bodies) FB are then let face down on the screens, RC face up. Claudio Bonavolta http://www.bonavolta.ch ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.