I've seen a stainless steel washer in operation, which worked like a slowly rotating washing machine. Is that the one describing?
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P don't print this e-mail unless you really have to On May 20, 2010, at 08:17, Richard Knoppow wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Badcock" <peter.badcock@xxxxxxxxx >To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:50 PM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: print washerIt seems to me that either Calumet or another Chicago photographic equipment maker made a stainless steel rocking washer c.1950s. I am not sure how this unit worked, it may just have rocked back and forth to agitate the water but it was a running water washer. They were made in commercial sizes but probably more to wash large numbers of small prints than a few large ones. I have a couple of old catalogues and will try to find it.Thanks Jean-David, That's rather depressing to read. I'd love to see the testdetails/conditions if possible. Were they testing residual fixer levels inthe paper to a level that is considered archival by today'sstandards/consensus ? In the mean time I'll see what I can do to make itshower over the top. rgds PeterOn 20 May 2010 00:11, Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:When I got my Zone VI print washer, Fred Picker enclosed a test report of print washers by a test lab he hired. I assume Zone VI paid for the testing, so the Zone VI came out first -- about the same as the East Street print washer that was no longer available. The oscillating Patterson tested theworst. They found the oscillating feature was of no use and you gotcomparable results with it or without it. They made it work about as well as all the others if they built a gizmo that showered the water in the top all over the reservoir. But by the time I read that, I had no interest in making something like that and besides it was not big enough for 11x14 inch prints.-- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ====================================================================== 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.
