Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/31

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Subject: [Leica] Drydown (was TriX)
From: George Huczek <ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 10:08:06 -0600

At 01:01 AM 31/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
> I've used RC before but never noticed this.  Anybody
>know why this happens?
>
No clue why it happens, but it seems to.  Somewhere recently I read that
drydown was a bunch of hogwash; it had more to do with surface reflection
or something like that and the prink didn't actually darken.  Anyway, put
wet and dry strips from the same print side by side and see it yourself.
It will vary from one paper to another and for different surface types as
well.  The water has some effect on surface reflection, but I can't give
you more than that.  It bugs me when I leave what look like very nice
prints on a fibreglass screen to dry -- they looked great after washing,
but look flat and muddy when dry.