See, Hear and Speak No Evil #3

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  holmburgers

• Feb 18, 2011

I dig it!

 

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  Jersey Vic

• Feb 18, 2011

Neat

 

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  Thomas Bertilsson

• Feb 18, 2011

That's great, Kal! Serendipitous, almost.

 

• eddie gunks

• Feb 18, 2011

cool.

hjow did you crack it? i just set mine in the rack to dry....

 

• Shangheye

• Feb 18, 2011

eddie gunks said:

cool.

hjow did you crack it? i just set mine in the rack to dry....

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Never thought of that ...actually I do that sometimes, but usually I heat it over an alcohol lamp...may stop doing that.

Thanks all. K

 

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  Andrew Moxom

• Feb 18, 2011

Nice result Kal by salvaging this... Sucks that it broke though... I just tried something to speed drying plates up at home. I have a small coleman catalytic heater that I place under a f our legged metal flower pot stand and use a large 1' square tile on top of that.... The heat dries plates in a few minutes with even and flame free heat.. It can also be used for varnishing tihs way too.

 

• Shangheye

• Feb 19, 2011

That sounds great Andrew. I have to say, it seems pathetic that I keep doing this :confused:

 

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  Thomas Bertilsson

• Feb 19, 2011

If it's glass it's probably the difference in heat between cold and hot parts of the plate that creates enough tension to crack it.
I had a gallon amber jar full of seasoned print developer do this to me in the darkroom recently, as I was trying to warm it up to working temperature, just using warm water. It doesn't take much.
I think Andrew's idea of even heat distribution is perfect.