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A 5% gelatine solution brushed over the
entire back of your print paper to stick it to a sheet of plexiglass (
perspex) will keep it flat. Allow to dry thoroughly.
First, rough up the surface of the plexi sheet with
medium sandpaper so the gel will adhere. Lay the print sheet face down on
another larger sheet of cheap paper when brushing on the gel. Then, position the
plexi sheet on the gel coated paper and press down with the palm of the hand
smoothing out the contact from the centre of the sheet out towards the
edges. Finally, turn the pack over and continue to smooth out the contact
and flatten air bubbles. Remove the cheap paper and clean up the edges with
tissue. If you are coating with gel emulsions the sheet will snap off
of from the plexi sheet after the process is done.
Hope this helps.
A DVD of this activity, for those with limited visual imagination,
may be available in 2009 at a cost of $45 plus postage and packing. (
Dont freak out. Its a joke )
But, seriously, this has worked with
very thin papers, 40 gsm.
Hope it works for you.
Best wishes. John Grocott- Photographist-
London-UK
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