Premier print dryer query

[eeffock]

I air dry on screens now, but as we know, FB paper does not often dry flat. I recently acquired a used (ca. 1980?) but relatively clean Premier Model 110 print dryer, which I would like to try to use to dry FB prints. I intend to thoroughly wash the canvases (two sided model), but do not see how those might be removed. It looks like one must fully disassemble the unit, which I would prefer not to do.

Q1: anyone have the mfg. / user manual for one of these?

Q2: or/and informed recommendations for cleaning the canvases?

Of course, my fall back will be to wash the canvases in situ.

When I first began printing (in the mid-1960s) I inherited a similar-design '40s vintage print dryer from which the cavas was removable for cleaning, so I am hopeful.

Thanks for your attention!

 

[Paul Howell]

I have one, I used it for glossy FB paper, I had a local seamstresses make a new canvas apron for it, like 20 years ago, last time I washed it I washed it in cold water, used Woolite let it air dry until just damp then put it back on the dryer in the close position until dry. It kept its shape. Unless you can find or make a print flatting solution the prints will still curl, and it an art to getting a really good glossy, time and practice. Currently I use RC for glossy and for semi gloss I dry on screens.

 

[Don_ih]

how those might be removed

See if this

can pull out. If it can, you can slip the canvas off. Probably.

 

[eeffock]

I have one, I used it for glossy FB paper, I had a local seamstresses make a new canvas apron for it, like 20 years ago, last time I washed it I washed it in cold water, used Woolite let it air dry until just damp then put it back on the dryer in the close position until dry. It kept its shape. Unless you can find or make a print flatting solution the prints will still curl, and it an art to getting a really good glossy, time and practice. Currently I use RC for glossy and for semi gloss I dry on screens.

Many thanks, Paul!

Q: Do you recall how you removed the canvas apron from the machine?

As far as I can see, one must remove the bolts on both sides of the machine, each of which thread into one end of the two beams that (hinge-like) hold the aprons in place. At that point, the heating plates also come free and the entire thing is on its way to being disassembled. I got that far and decided against going further.

Kevin

 

[eeffock]

See if this

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can pull out. If it can, you can slip the canvas off. Probably.

Thanks Don,

The stretcher bars don't appear to come out of that slot, but I'll take another look.

Kevin

 

[Paul Howell]

Many thanks, Paul!

Q: Do you recall how you removed the canvas apron from the machine?

As far as I can see, one must remove the bolts on both sides of the machine, each of which thread into one end of the two beams that (hinge-like) hold the aprons in place. At that point, the heating plates also come free and the entire thing is on its way to being disassembled. I got that far and decided against going further.

Kevin

Sorry, not off the top of my head, I looked for my dryer but I must have put in my storage unit.