[Leica] french lady printing

[imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)]

Roller them down to the ferrotype sheet;
from the center out;
to remove all air bubbles.

does the dryer have a fabric to hold them down?
and hold the tension?

Regards,
George Lottermoser
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On Dec 11, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Richard Man wrote:

> My goal now is to clean the house and garage well enough to have a
> darkroom setup like that. Oh man, she's just an artist!!! I haven't
> bookmarked a page in ages since google is only a few words of typing
> away, but that page is on my bookmark.
>
> I just got a "print dryer" in the hope to get that sheen. I suppose it
> may be pointing to the prints not completely have the fixer washed off
> or some other defects with my techniques, but I tried a couple times,
> and there are "unsheened" ovals :-( The shine is really nice. Anyone
> has any ideas? Mark Rabiner?
>
> The instructions mention" ferrotype polish" but googling shows that it
> may not be practical to do anymore?
>
> *back to weighing down the prints for the moment*
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Sue Pearce <bs.pearce at cox.net> wrote:
>> WOW! Having spent some time as a printer, I am in love. She makes  
>> ferrotyped
>> prints in this century? That's the thing that I miss most when I  
>> print B&W
>> in my own darkroom. There's nothing like a glossy fibre print!
>>
>> And, having worked in several commercial darkrooms, I appreciate the
>> slightly seedy nature of her darkroom.
>>
>> She does nothing that we couldn't, given ten or so years of daily
>> experience.
>>
>
>
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