Thanks, Ken. A couple of years ago I did a 55 image show of snow crystals - all images 12 x 12 in 18x20 frames. I had everything printed a month in advance, and laid the prints (premium semigloss paper) on sheets of brown frame backing paper, figuring it would work well to soak up the extra solvents etc. I left them pressed against the paper for a week or so, and then let them air dry for a few weeks.
After framing everything behind glass, the show was up for about 4 months. I took it down, put it in storage. Six months later I pulled it out to display in a new venue. I pulled the prints from the frames and re-cleaned the glass. Almost every print had out gassing residue on the inside of the glass. I was surprised because they had certainly 'cured' for a long time. I washed up the glass and re-exhibited them. They have flipped from one venue to another for over a year since - in a couple of weeks I'm taking them down from the medical center where they have hung for the last 9 months (it started as a 3 month commitment, but kept getting extended.) I'll be interested to see how much gas residue (if any) is on them. My own experience is that a lot of it depends on the cleaner used. I did up a batch of framed prints for another show using Windex no drip formula, and it displayed terrible out gassing - I assume that the thick no-drip formula leaves a residue that interacts with the print solvents. Other cleaners have worked better. To top it off I have some older prints that were framed in a frame shop, using tempered glass. I broke the glass on one hanging them to decorate a local Chamber of Commerce event. The funny thing is that I hadn't even heard of the out gassing problem at when that print was framed, and took no effort to cure it. That glass had no out gas residue on it at all - maybe it was super cleaned. My own take, from working with a lot of framed prints and recycling frames and re-framing, is that the plastic papers - semigloss and pearl - will out gass for a few years no matter what you do. I think that how the glass is cleaned is the most important part of the process. Pressing paper against the print or extended air drying may minimized the problem, but they will actively out gas for years. Just my personal experience - but I have framed and re-framed a fair number of prints. Prints in direct sunlight or high humidity are particularly prone to the problem. OTOH - matte finish papers seem to exhibit virtually no problem with this, provided they are given a little time to dry. - MCC --- Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Epson link on Framing tips - addresses out-gassing. > > http://www.epson.com/cmc_upload/0/000/020/443/Gas%20Ghost%20P3.15692.pdf > > Kenneth Waller > http://tinyurl.com/272u2f > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -------------------------- Mark Cassino Photography Kalamamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com Photo Books: www.lulu.com/cassino -------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
