Re: Silver Gelatin emulsion peeling from Cranes Diploma
You can mix a hardener like glutaraldehyde to the emulsion so that the image layer is more robust during wet processing. I prefer to size paper, even those with very smooth surface like FAEW HP. Sizing improves image quality. It's also that many paper stocks fog optimally sulfur sensitized chlorobromide emulsions. (Bromide emulsions seem to be completely unaffected, and suboptimally sensitized chlorobromdie emulsions seem to be relatively unaffected by this factor...) But again I harden both sizing layer and the emulsion layer and don't have any problem with adhesion or swelling. -- Ryuji Suzuki "Don't play what's there, play what's not there." (Miles Davis)
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