Re: Maltodextrin as Replacement For Gum
Bonjour
A friend of mine Pierre Brochet, master in Héliogravure, made nice
gum prints using small pink bowl candy for children, in old french
store they sell it from large glass jare. and it seems to be the same
in US refering to Jerry Lewis movie The Errand Boy.
We call it "boules de gomme" and Pierre entitled the print "gommes de
boules".
Le 30 avr. 08 à 18:19, Keith Gerling a écrit :
My testing of different colloids was not so much to find a replacement
for gum, but to find something that would give me different contrasts
and different effects when used WITH gum. Up until recently, I used
enlarged lith film negatives that were a pain to make. Different gums
and glues offered different contrasts and allowed me greater
flexibility and more options without having to make more negatives.
Digital curves and inkjet negs have put an end to this.
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Christina Z. Anderson
<zphoto@montana.net> wrote:
What might be the benefit over gum? In other words, why the
search for
other colloids--does gum present problems that another colloid
would solve,
for instance?
I have used albumen and it is very fine in texture but I cannot
stand the
foetid smell. But I've been told my nose is super sensitive.
I think using gelatin as a colloid is probably much hardier to
require
sawdust development perhaps...and for some processes (Fresson)
that is a
good thing.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Koch-Schulte
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: Maltodextrin as Replacement For Gum
It was while I was searching for info on screenless lithography
that made
mention of it. Seems like a lot of other things are going on in
this process
too though. I'm going to give it a try I think. There's a beer and
wine
supplier in town which stocks the powder.
Here's the link: http://www.wmich.edu/ppse/Offset/pp6.htm
~m
Keith Gerling wrote:
Just wondering: in the literature which you read but didn't cite did
you happen to see any compelling reasons to try Maltodextrin? I've
tried all kinds of colloids and, while many harden just fine with
dichromates, most aren't worth the hassle. The primary issue seems to
be one of clearing the unhardened colloid. Many colloids don't seem
to want to wash off the substrate without introducing alcohols or
other solvents.
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:16 AM, Michael Koch-Schulte
<mkochsch@shaw.ca>
wrote:
Has anyone tried Maltodextrin as a replacement for Gum Arabic or
is this
idea just goofy? Seems Maltodextrin has many of the same
properties as Gum.
~m
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