[pure-silver] Re: temp for flattening prints
- From: Sauerwald Mark <mark_sauerwald@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:33:21 -0700 (PDT)
Shannon
I don't know how common this is, but the temp scale on
my Dry Mount Press is waaaay off. After a long time
of fiddling with the dial to get the temp that I
wanted, I measured it with a thermocouple and found it
to be about 160-170 - I think that the dial says
something like 225.
Bottom line - don't believe what you read.
--- Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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.
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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