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Old February 25th 06, 04:19 PM posted to rec.photo.darkroom
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I bought mine new for cost in 1996 (1972 cost!) the store that had it was
happy to unload it since everyone had moved away from using FB papers and no
longer needed presses to mount their RC prints and were instead using peel
and stick mounts (cheaper in the short run and I use them myself for
Ciba/Ilfochromes, since the emulsion is relatively fragile). So one day I
just shot him a price, since his sticker code was an open secret I knew what
he had paid for it, and walked out of there with a new Technal press.

I still drymount some prints but use it mostly for print flattening chores.
It's not a luxury when those big jobs come around!

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darkroommike
"Lloyd Erlick" Lloyd at @the-wire. dot com wrote in message
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On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:53:00 GMT, "Richard
Knoppow" wrote:

I use a dry mounting press for flattening.
Flattening is part of the prep for dry mounting but one can
simply flatten the prints.



February 24, 2006, from Lloyd Erlick,

Well, a dry mounting press would be quite a
luxury!

Maybe eventually one will present itself for
cheap. Stranger things have happened. I
bought a water distiller for ten dollars, and
it is dribbling into a bucket for me at this
very moment.

regards,
--le
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Old February 28th 06, 12:13 AM posted to rec.photo.darkroom
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The catalog from the Elliott Erwitt show at the MOMA last summer works
well as a weight. it will flatten most anything.

 




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