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    HELP with stains on prints

    I am having trouble with some stains that develop after my prints have dried. I have never experienced this problem before, although it's probably pretty common.
    The stains are somewhat transparent, milky-white, and usually, but not always, located towards the center of the print. I'm using Ilford MG Warm-tone paper, hypo-clearing and washing for 1 and-a-half hours. Sometimes rewashing helps, but not with all the prints.
    Sound familiar to anyone?
    Thanks- Jon

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    Re: HELP with stains on prints

    dry prints face down

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    Re: HELP with stains on prints

    Sounds like maybe a problem with the water in your area. The water where I used to live was very hard and I used to get blotches and water marks of one kind or another on some of my prints no matter how well they were washed. I fixed the problem by dipping the prints in a tray of distilled water and then squeeging them before putting them on the drying screen.
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    Re: HELP with stains on prints

    Do you squeegee your prints? It's something you need to do. I have hard water that leaves deposits all over everyhing but my prints. I always squeegee both sides before hanging to dry. No water on the surface = no spots.

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    Re: HELP with stains on prints

    We're kind of beating a dead horse here but FWIW in the hard water area I lived squeegeeing by itself didn't fix the problem. I always squeegeed my prints front and back but I still got the occasional water mark, blotch, etc. The only thing that fixed it for me was the dip in distilled water (followed by the squeegee).
    Brian Ellis
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