Washing
& drying the photogram print
After the paper is fixed, it must be washed to remove all traces
of chemicals or these would continue to react on the image over time.
With resin coated paper, this only takes one to two minutes in running
water, fibre based takes much longer, up to an hour.
Remember
putting more freshly processed prints in on top of washing prints
contaminates them, using two wash baths solves this.
Failure
to fix and wash photographs properly is the major cause of their deterioration
over time so take care with this part of the process.
Once
the print is washed, hang up on a line with a peg to dry.
