First go with FB. Should be wavy?

[Carriage]

Is the below normal for FB paper? I've heard that it doesn't always dry flat but I don't know what's considered normal. It dried hanging from the top right corner.

 

[Kevin Harding]

That's pretty normal if you dried it hanging.

 

[Carriage]

Thanks.

Do you just put it under some heavy books to flatten it or do you have to mount it? Do other ways of drying work better? Also, if I'm planning to pin it on the wall am I better with RC paper?

 

[Terry Breedlove]

 

[Terry Breedlove]

By the way I really like your photo

 

[GRHazelton]

There is at least one lengthy thread on this vexed subject! Those of us of a certain age could regale you with many tales... Here's an opening salvo: (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

 

[frank]

I read once somewhere that there is a chemical treatment for FB prints that helps them dry flat. Does anyone know anything about this?

 

[Sirius Glass]

I read once somewhere that there is a chemical treatment for FB prints that helps them dry flat. Does anyone know anything about this?

It is called Print Flat and I have purchased it from FreeStyle.

 

[frank]

Thanks Sirius. Does it work?

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I wipe my fibre prints with a soft sponge and then lay them face down on drying screens. Once dry, they go in the dry mount press for a minute. Bob's yer uncle.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Thanks Sirius. Does it work?

Yes

 

[frank]

I wipe my fibre prints with a soft sponge and then lay them face down on drying screens. Once dry, they go in the dry mount press for a minute. Bob's yer uncle.

Yeah, it's the dry mount press that's the problem. (Don't have one.)

 

[Carriage]

Thanks for the help everyone

By the way I really like your photo

Thanks for the kind words.