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Usage of fiberglasss print drying rack
wrote in message ... On Mar 9, 5:08 pm, "Richard Knoppow" wrote: wrote Wondered about those "non-permeable" sheets. My blotter book was set aside years ago in favor of a corrugated board stack dryer. Although the prints do come out of the dryer with nothing more than a hint of emulsion side curl they do over time, unweighted, develop some more emulsion side curl. As it is the stack is built by alternating layers of board, hydrophobic sheets, and prints; a same sheeting each side of the prints. Perhaps I should be using a less permeable sheet emulsion side for long term flatter prints. Dan Worth a try. The idea of these things, especially the blotter rolls, is that there is some air circulation at the back side of the blotters allowing faster drying. Kodak used to make a print dryer using corrugated blotter rolls with a blower. Richard Knoppow Kodak's blotter rolls used a single face corrugated board with a length of blotter paper forming the second face. I used and liked mine. Prints came out flat but with the characteristic bend towards the emulsion. Salthill, Burke & James and others offered corrugated board stack dryers using BLOTTER PAPER. I've updated the old corrugated board stack dryer by using a special ventilator grade corrugated board in conjunction with non-woven synthetic fiber separators. The result is a print dryer which is Very inexpensive, Compact, Ultra light weight, and easily stowable. It leaves prints dry and Flat. Dan That sounds like a good idea. Now that you remind me I do remember very large dryers using blotter stacks, was this a Kodak machine? -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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