Re: Newbie Gum fun Continued

["Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>]

Yup I did; if you remember the convo about this from a couple years back, 
not only did I soak it, I soaked it ALL DAY.  No budge.
Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie Gum fun Continued


> > I also had a funny--a former student donated her alt supplies to the 
> > department and in there was a stack of sized paper hardened with glyoxal 
> > (former professor's method) and it was butterscotch yellow, I kid you 
> > not, so if you use glyoxal as a size hardener, be sure to use the paper 
> > right away to prevent this. Or do Judy's method of sizing and hardening 
> > and then rinsing it.  The former professor did teach a separate hardener 
> > bath, even, but this still produced crummy paper.  Go to this URL and 
> > scroll down and see what yellowing looks like.
> > http://czaphotography.com/show.php?what=learning&which=1
>
>
> > About the 10th image down is a comparison of yellowing.  I know, this 
> > page is not a "pretty sight" but Jacek can also see spotty Arches paper 
> > on here, too, that I photographed through my kitchen screen door to show 
> > the translucent spots, and the perils of using too hot water to shrink, 
> > etc. etc. including a downloadable free gum process paper.
>
> Christina.... did you try soaking that "butterscotch" paper? I've found 
> that generally speaking just leaving it face down in room temp plain water 
> for an hour or a day does get it back to white...
>
> J.