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From: hagerman@tincup.DEC
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Subject: washing fiber papet
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Date: Sun, 2-Jun-85 12:12:25 EDT
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I used to be a big fan of RC paper too, because of the washing time,
until I took a photo class at UCLA where they washed the prints in a
big mechanical washer.  The way it worked was that as you made prints
(on fiber paper) you fixed them, then put them in a tray with about
an inch of water in it and just left them there.  Then at the end of
the day, a lab tech came around and picked up everybody's prints and
ran them through the washer and dryer.  This works because fiber paper
can be left in water for a long time without damage.

When I make prints at home, I use the same idea; moving the fixed prints
to a tray off in the corner, then washing them all at once at the end
of the session in the big sink after everything else is cleaned up.
Sometimes I even put off washing them until the next morning, since
by 1 or 2 a.m. I'm usually not in the mood to spend a lot of effort
cleaning and washing and drying.

For drying, I use an old Kodak drying blotter roll or sometimes just
hang the prints up.  They curl into cigarettes, especially here in
low-humidity Colorado, but I use single weight paper and flatten
them out with an iron befor mounting.

It *is* more work to use fiber than plastic, but the images are
enough better that it's worth it.

Doug Hagerman