tissue support

>>>If you use a tissue with a 'plastic' support how do you make your tests
>>>for
>>>carbon. For me is was a major disadvantage using non-paper tissue. With a
>>>paper backing I just cut it into the piece I need for testing.
>>>Witho

If I wanted to, I could easily cut the tissue into smaller sizes...but as
Sandy said, I reuse my tissue support material. Because of my amount of
work-surface, it is easier for me to pour tissues that are the size I need
(9x11 and 5x11 mostly these days, with an occasional 6x8 if I am using an
older 5x7 negative). I have cut 9x11's down to 5x11 when I decided to print
a 4x10 negative and had no 5x11 tissue ready. A straight edge and a raxor
blade works best -- scissors tend to leave a ragged edge.

I know this is a bit sacrligious, but I do not "test" -- I just make prints
(obviously I have a good-sized stack of bad prints). It takes just as long
to do a test as it does a print, so I figure that if I hit it right the
first time, I have a good print -- if I don't, then I try to figure out how
to make a good print the next time. It works for me because I keep good
notes.

Vaughn
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