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RE: Unknown areas in Gum printing?, etc.



Yes but dichromate make a great preservative for sausages and could probably
be used for cleaning dentures too!  

-----Original Message-----
From: Katharine Thayer [mailto:kthayer@pacifier.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 9:47 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: Re: Unknown areas in Gum printing?, etc.

On Apr 27, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Judy Seigel wrote:
>
> As for gum + dichromate as hardener, I've tried it carefully, as have 
> others. IMO its a PITA... very difficult or impossible to remove all 
> subsequent tone, and has a different effect as base for print.

I agree with Judy that after testing it, I wouldn't be inclined to recommend
dichromate-hardened gum as a size for gum.
kt