[LargeFormat] stuck color prints

[john frost]

The color print process does not use water at any time. I took mine to
the lab, and they re-souped the prints in something......

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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 19:03:48 -0700
> From: Les Newcomer <lnphoto@ismi.net>
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: [LargeFormat] stuck RC prints
> Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net
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> My lovely 5 year old daughter spilled some liquid on a stack of RC color
> prints (fuji Crystal Archive to be exact) alas she didn't say anything
> and now I have about 15 or 20 prints that have a fused  area  1/4" x 10"
> more or less.
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> In the past I've not been successful at rescuing prints in this state. I
> tried freezing the prints for half a day hoping to break the bond
> without success.
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> Now I'm ready to sit them in a bath of Photoflo? ORbit?  Joy? Jack
> Daniels? overnite and see what happens.
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> I do have the negatives and are reprintable, but I see this as a two
> fold opportunity to A) save some money and B) experiment
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> anybody else 'been here, done this?
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> Maybe some of the cross listers on this list could get some input from
> either alt photo or hist photo?
> 
> Les