[pure-silver] Re: print washer
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 15:14:07 -0700
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From: "Elias_Roustom" <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 11:07 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] print washer
this:
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/111411-Premier-Print-Washer-11x14
or this:
http://www.buy.com/prod/8x10-auto-print-washer-standard-accepts-12-8x10-or-24-5x7-prints/q/listingid/75614672/loc/111/203349532.html
Suggestions?
Thanks,
Elias
I am not sure I care for either of these. The first is
an old design that works OK for single prints but can not
separate multiple prints, the second is too expensive.
Here is the problem: in order to wash fiber prints
properly the water must have access to both sides. The
problem with tray type washers is that if more than one
print is washed the prints will stick together unless
frequently shuffled by hand. This is also true when using
the Kodak Print Syphon. So-called archival washers are
arranged to keep prints separated but some don't work the
way they were intended to and most use too much water.
Nonetheless they seem to be the best of a bad lot. A tray
with a Kodak Print Syphon works as well as more complex
washers provided that prints are shuffled when more than one
is washed at a time.
I have an old Zone VI washer, I bought used many years
ago. It takes up to 16x20 prints. I found that the rate of
change of water in it is quite slow unless I allow it to
overflow the top but if I do that it seems to work well. The
rate of change of water in a washer can be tested by setting
it up and putting some dye in the water. I used juice from
canned beets. See how long it takes the water in the washer
to be visibly clear. It should not take more than a couple
of minutes. A Kodak Print Washer will do this in an 18x24
tray with normal flow rate. The archival washer took more
than five minutes when set up according to instructions but
would clear the water in about two minutes when allowed to
overflow. There are better "archival" type washers than the
Zone VI.
For RC prints the Kodak syphon works very well.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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