Re: Stock Paint:Gum Solutions?
OK this is it--one last email before I get on the road. Have to teach a gum workshop in Missoula MT 200 mi away and I have to have my hubby drive me there because I can't drive with a knee brace. He has to sit in a town for two days entertaining himself so you can imagine he's one happy camper. I mix all pigments 15ml tube in a total volume of 60ml because that is the size nalgene bottles I have. At time of use I cut my pigments with plain gum--thalo gets cut as much as 1+5, yellow maybe 1+2, magenta maybe 1+3, depending. Stock solutions are a cinch to use, and I only have problems with the heavy pigments which settle and separate into a sludge on the bottom--nickel titanate, cerulean, cadmiums. Since I no longer use these colors, mixing stock is not a problem for me as far as separation is concerned. I think your thalo may be too concentrated, but I notice a progression of yellow-magenta-thalo which I also do as far as strength. One more thing--at time of use I may decide to do an undersaturated print, too, in which case I cut all pigments way more. There are several list members who have this down to a real exactitude--Marek, Dave Rose used to, and they'll tell you exactly how much. OH, you could do a search for Dave Rose's posts a few years back but he did use powdered pigment. Chris __________________ Christina Z. Anderson http://christinaZanderson.com/ __________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loris Medici" <mail@loris.medici.name> To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 7:56 AM Subject: Stock Paint:Gum Solutions? I was reading handprint.com's "The Secret of Glowing Color" page, which contains very good and interesting information, especially in the section "Not Black, Not Light". (http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/tech16.html) I slowly feel the need of making stock paint:gum solutions, in order to get more consistency and ease of use. Mixing small amounts of paint:gum solutions is hard to do consistently, especially with strong colorants and small image sizes. (Because squeezing small amnt. from the tube is not easy!) I decided to make stock solutions as listed below: Yellow PY151 1:2 (1:4 final) -> 15ml paint + 30ml gum Magenta PV19 1:3 (1:6 final) -> 15ml paint + 45ml gum Cyan PB15:3 1:4 (1:8 final) -> 15ml paint + 60ml gum Since the stock paint:gum is further diluted 1:1 with dichromate, the actual paint dilution in the coating solution will be exactly the half of what it is in the paint:gum solution. (See inside parenthesis.) This question goes to users of stock paint:gum solutions (such as Katharine and Christina): Do you find above figures close to ideal? What is your experience with those pigments? Anything to pay attention / be careful about using paint:gum stock solutions? Thanks in advance, Loris.
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