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  Photography Forum: Darkroom Techniques Forum: 
  Q. Rust Problems

Asked by Scott McFadden    (K=5663) on 7/19/2004 
Does anyone have any idea as to how to remove rust from a print without damaging it ?

you see I got a darkroom setup and with it a drying rack which I only recently tried out.
problem is the useless thing had lost the rubber coating on the racking thus coating my prints with lines of rusty marks.

I have tried a simple bathing with toothbrush as scrubber but to no avail.



    



 Charles Morris   (K=5969) - Comment Date 9/18/2004
i don't know that this will work at all and it might leave a purple stain on your prints. in areas where water hardness is a problem and high iron content can stain plumbing fixtures, the ingredient the water softeners use is either sodium or potassium permanganate. it is available in small quantities as a liquid concentrate that looks a lot like iodine soap. you can was the print with this and it will reduce the iron stain some, but i won't promise it will remove all of it. getting the purple stain off the print later can usually be accomplished with a long water wash, but it is hard to get all of it out. your best bet is just to reprint these and on your drying rack, you can get split or spiral wire loom from an automotive parts store and use that to cover the bare wires on your drying rack. my personal preference on a drying rack is to use print rollers, like the wringer on an old washing machine, and then use a blotter book. less contamination, and the blotter book will force the prints to stay flatter as they dry.

2cents@large.





 Scott McFadden   (K=5663) - Comment Date 9/18/2004
Thanks charles I ll give it a try.





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