1) Carefully peel the blotters from the pressing disc and handsheet. Place the pressing disc and handsheet into the drying ring with the metal surface facing the counter surface (figure 25). Do not worry if the edge of the handsheet spills out onto the rim of the drying ring. The goal is to keep the handsheet taut while air drying it.
Figure 25: These are the drying components. On the left, place the disc to the holed copper (or PVC) rings; on the middle, place another drying ring on top of the handsheet; on the right, the handled stainless slab is the weight put on top of the drying ring stack during drying.
2) Take another drying ring and stack it onto the previous drying ring with loaded handsheets and give it a light-to-medium slap until you hear a clicking or snapping sound. If the rings do not fit together properly, select another ring. Place the next handsheet on top of these two drying rings. Repeat until all handsheets are loaded.
3) Once all the handsheets have been mounted into the drying rings, place a metal weight on top of uppermost drying ring (see right picture of figure 25). The handsheets require at least 24 hours to air dry before they are ready for testing.