On Wed, January 21, 2009 07:27, Guy Glorieux wrote: > Many thanks to those that answered my question on bleaching. > > The information, comments and warnings is extremely useful and confirms my > expectation that this is going to be a very delicate process. But, the > fact > of the matter is that unless I somehow treat these single-copy prints, > they > will remain of limited value. > > I have now found a darkroom here in Montreal that has a sink big enough > for > me to lay the prints flat, so that I will have a much better control of > the > process than with the roll-unroll-reroll process. And I will have the > assistance of someone who has quite a big of experience with selective > bleaching. > > Wish me luck... Oh yeah! Definitely, I wish you the VERY best of luck. I do hope you take the advice to do what can be done with digitally archiving the images before you start the risky work. You've said they're of subjects that aren't there any more, so they're of historical interest even if you can't reproduce the full physicality of the huge prints. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
