----- Original Message ----- From: "Frantisek Vlcek" Subject: OT: drying FB prints...
> Hi, > my good old big faithful glazer recently died an unfortunate and > violent death... getting a good secondhand glazer with clean plates > is hard these days, so I seek help on drying fibre prints with > other means. I know there is glass cold glazing, some claimed > success with blotting paper... please, what are the good methods and > what are the associated ~problems~? I need to produce a set of > matching big prints soon and RC is ~absolutely~ out of question... > I hare RC for big prints! You can dry them face down on fiberglass window screens (wash the screens well first to ensure there is no chaff on them). I usually just lay out a large well washed bath towel on the deep freeze outside my darkroom and put them face down on it, then lay another towel on top. The only problem with this is that sometimes the cat likes to sleep on the towel. Neither of these methods will give the high gloss that you are getting from the hot dryer. More like a low lustre. I prefer it to the high gloss, and the prints are easier to spot, and not as brittle. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
