Making My Proof Print Dryer Look Like New Again...

ic-racer

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I got this print dryer in 1974. I stopped using it for print drying in the 1980s when I went to drying screens and over-night drying.

In the 1980s I used a microwave oven to dry test prints. That microwave broke around 2002 so I found the old print dryer from 1974 and put it back in to service.

Then, just the other day it stopped producing heat

I really could not finish the printing session. Since the 1980s I evaluate the test prints when they are dry only. I have no interest in trying to guess about wet test prints.

This is how I rectified the situation....

 
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I bought a new one!

Pretty crazy I found the exact same model I got in 1974 for less than $20 on the internet.
 
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Andreas Thaler

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There's nothing like the smell of freshly dried paper prints.

My father also had a print dryer like this in his darkroom and I burned my fingers on it countless times.
 
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When I got the first one in 1974 it came with two ferrotype tins and we used "Pakosol" ferrotype fluid to make the glossy prints. I still recall the smell of the Pakosol.
 
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