Hi JIM.

29-Sep-03 17:18:00, JIM HOLSONBACK wrote to ALL


 JH> Hello, ALL.

 JH> Maybe better to ask elsewhere, but I'll try here.

 JH> I have some construction photos which I took to a jobsite and left
 JH> out for the crews to look at them.  Rain came up, and most got
 JH> wet.  I grabbed them up and put them back in the car,  stacked.
 JH> Now they have dried, and are sticking together.  The white backs
 JH> of the photos seem to stick to the image side, and trying to
 JH> gently pull them apart tears off part of the white backside, which
 JH> remains stuck to the image side.

 JH> These are the "1-Hour prints".

developing a photograph takes less than 1/4 hour... "1 hour" gets you
speediers service, the product is the same as "overnight" service.

 JH> Q:  Can I throw them down into some water, soak them apart, and
 JH> then let them dry separately and not damage the image side?

photos are made using a gel emulsion on the image side (this has got wet
and is sticking to the back side of the next photo.)

The developing process involves soaking them in water and other chemicals
etc... so they can handle immersion for short periods. soak them too long
and the water will get into the backing and then they won't dry flat easily

you could try steaming them apart.

 -=> Bye <=-

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