Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Before I had my drying rack, I used a large tablet of watercolor paper and put the fibre prints between the pages. t > From: "Mārtiņš Zelmenis" <martin@lrpv.lv> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:01:51 +0300 > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Subject: Re: [Leica] squeegee and others > > > Sorry, > I must have missed smth, but why are clotheslines vetoed?? That's my way of > preliminary print drying. > > Martin > > > > I have been having problems drying my prints recently. Normally I press the > fully washed fibre prints (Ilford Multigrade) onto the tiled area around the > bath. Yes you've guessed it, the darkroom doubles as a bathroom. When the > prints are no more than tacky, I place them on newspaper until they are dry > and then flatten them under a pile of books. The trouble is, if I misjudge > the time, I end up with a pile of ruined prints in the bath. I don't have > the room or inclination for a print drier and clotheslines have been vetoed > by Mrs P, does anyone here have any success with squeegees or other forms of > Alchemy that might be effective, bearing in mind that all the prints are > split-toned. > > Incidentally I have just had the films back from the first shoot with my new > Voigtlander 15mm on the M6. Absolutely stunning lens. > > I use a strap on my Leicas, Hasselblad and Nikons. If I hire 300mm and 400mm > f2.8 lenses, I use straps on them as well. > > Three topics in one mail, that's value for money. > > Thanks, > > Johnnie > > --------------------------------------------- > Johnnie Pakington > Camden > London > UK > T: +44 (0) 20 7419 7000 > F: +44 (0) 20 7813 9019 > E: johnnie@bbpr.com > W: www.bbpr.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html