[pure-silver] Re: temp for flattening prints
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:24:36 -0700
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From: "Shannon Stoney" <sstoney@xxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 6:06 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] temp for flattening prints
I think I am going to check the temperature that that dry
mount press I have been using gets to. It doesn't seem to
get very hot to me. But, what is the right temperature for
flattening prints?
--shannon
I set mine up for low temperature tissue, maybe 160F, it
doesn't have to be very hot. The key is to do it right. Make
a sandwich of the print with a couple of sheets of clean
Kraft paper on the support side. The paper should be dried
out in the press first. Place a sheet of release tissue on
the emulsion side of the print. Put this sandwich, along
with any padding you normally use, in the press for about
two minutes. You don't have to lock the press but I usually
do. When the two minutes are up place the entire sandwich-
kraft paper, print, and release tissue- under a flat weight
to cool. A sheet of Aluminum is best but any flat, smooth
surface, material will do. The idea of this system is that
it dries out the print from the support side but does not
over dry the emulsion due to the impervious release tissue.
Cooling under the flat weight is important, the process will
not work without that.
Aluminum is best because it is an excellent heat
conductor, but even a plywood weight will do. The print
should stay under the weight until cool, perhaps a few
minutes, depending on the material.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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