Still got one of those - same size, 2 glazing plates. Use meths to clean it.
The whole drying process does take a while but I don't know any other way to
get a decent glossy surface on a fibre print (though I have to confess to using
RC 90% of the time).
Cheers - Martyn
John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote :
> A heated dryer with ferrotyping surface were dogs to maintain. The
> surface had to be cleaned constantly or every surface defect and piece
> of dirt would leave it's image on the glossy surface of the print.
> IIRC, this involved polishing the chrome with Bon Ami soap.
>
> 40 years ago, my dad gave me (2) 11x14 chromed metal sheets to do this
> at home. Ferrotyping by itself turned into an art form. Squeegee the
> wet F surface print onto the face of the metal sheet (after a final
> quick soak in photo flo) and wait for it to dry and pop off. That got
> old pretty fast. If you wanted a glossy print, this was the only way to
> do it back then, before the introduction of off-white-base RC papers
> with built in gloss.
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