DEAR MYRON,
This link seems to suggest that the Versalab is still made and
available:
http://www.versalab.com/server/photo/photo1.htm
CHEERS!
BOB
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Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:18 AM
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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: print washer
The Versalab was/is a great deal, but is no longer made, unfortunately. The
tank itself is virtually indestructible. My 16x20 takes a huge amount of
water, and thus requires a *very* sturdy sink! I never use it, since 16x20
is almost always a one-off, and the Kodak tray siphon + the occasional dump
works well.
Other fine 11x14 washers include the Darkroom Aids (stainless streel tank,
plastic holder), and Red Village (simple but effective plexiglass tank with
flexible nylon (?) rods to keep prints separated. (I *think* it was called
Red Village.) Neither is made any longer, but both a easy to clean and
would be worth keeping an eye out for.
What else is/was out there? People have already mentioned the Zone VI and
the Cascade. East Street Gallery was the original plexiglass type of
archival washer, wasn't it? I have their 8x10 model. The dividers are so
close together that you need print tongs to remove the prints.
A slow one-hour wash, possibly with a couple complete dumps along the way,
plus an over-night soak, produces excellent results with the HT-2 test. (no
color or stain that I can see under strong light) Brighteners in the
emulsion an unaffected by this wet-time.
Myron
On 2010-05-17, at 6:39 PM, richard lahrson wrote:
hi i use a verslab 11x14 my max size for large format film and paper but the
rcowash saves water best. rich
On May 17, 2010 1:49 PM, "William Harting" <wm.harting@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a Cascade washer and I love it -- this is similar to what Tim
has -- the downstream aspect is very useful. On the other hand I use a
Kodak siphon for prints larger than 11x14 and it also works well, but
need a flow adequate to keep the water flowing in and flowing out
periodically. It will allow overfill if the flow is low enough.
-bill
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5/17/2010 2:03 PM...
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