Re: Question about Masa paper
On Jan 23, 2007, at 12:13 AM, Loris Medici wrote: Dave, FWIW: It's sized but more absorbent than many papers (absorbent I found that the nap seemed to break the pigment (ivory black) up into speckles while I was brushing it on (this is different from the speckles that result from a faulty internal size, so I don't know whether sizing would help that problem or not); it needed more brushing than most papers because of the nap. But I only did these few little tests and someone who put more time into working with the paper might be able to figure out how to get the coating on smooth without a lot of brushing. But to me, it's the smooth side that's more interesting. kt -----Original Message----- From: Dave Soemarko [mailto:fotodave@dsoemarko.us] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:36 AM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: RE: Question about Masa paper Katherine, Is this paper the unsized and absorbent type? Did you size it before printing or just used it unsized? Dave-----Original Message----- From: Katharine Thayer [mailto:kthayer@pacifier.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 2:23 AM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: Question about Masa paper On Jan 22, 2007, at 11:14 PM, Katharine Thayer wrote:Two reasons why you might: it dries quick as a wink, andthe smoothside is very smooth and coats nicely. It's hard to find a really smooth surface that's also easy to coat.A third reason to consider this paper: it's 69 cents a sheet. kt
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