Re: [Leica] squeegee and others

[ternahan <ternahan@sonic.net>]

Before I had my drying rack, I used a large tablet of watercolor paper and
put the fibre prints between the pages.
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> 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
> 
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