[LargeFormat] print washing

[TigerShark]

Hypo Clear or Permawash (which I prefer) is basically Sodium Sulfite, so you
can make your home brew, is a definite yes when washing fiber based prints.
Ilford has a nice strategy in which they use high strength (film strength)
fixer for 30 secs to I minute MAXIMUM.  followed by a good wash.  They claim
the longer it is in the fixer the longer you have to wash.  I use Fuji Hunt
color fixer (comes in large 5 Gallon cubitainers for $30)  at 1+4 dilution
for 1 minute (agitate well) and wash 5 min, 5 mins Permawash, and 10 minutes
of final wash.

Tray siphons work great, if you do a lot of prints.  Remember, it is a
process of elimination, so don't add hypo covered prints in the same tray as
your final wash.  Actually you cant have enough trays ......

A second fixing bath could be used in this line.  30 and 30 secs to really
work clean, but is probably overkill, since you never use the fixer to
exhausion at that price (or any price)  I just don't have that many 16x20
trays and space , even when stacked criss-cross.  I usually do final washes
of larger prints in a large 20x24 or 30x40 tray sitting over the bathtub,
out of the way from where I print.... Large prints need lots of space to
print on .. like floor projection etc.

TigerShark

-----Original Message-----
From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On Behalf
Of Wendell Thayne
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 11:53 PM
To: largeformat@f32.net
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] print washing


I like the idea of the tray siphon. I checked out the one on ebay and it
certainly is appealing. I already have 2 tray siphons. I may try using two
large(16x20) trays washing a print 15 minutes in each tray. Also using hypo
clear and selenium toning.

I am currently building a darkroom in my basement and that has certainly
been fun. Thanks for your help.

>From: CLARINETJK@aol.com
>Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net
>To: largeformat@f32.net
>Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] print washing
>Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 23:12:09 EST
>
>The tray siphon is great. John K
>
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