[pure-silver] Re: Sistan

  • From: Claudio Bonavolta <claudio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:42:22 +0200

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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
>>
>> ***************************************
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>
>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.
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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
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