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Re: Boy..... I sure am enjoying



Caught myself whistling Stars and Stripes Forever way over here in New
Zealand.
Don Sweet
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Nelson" <ender100@aol.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:45 PM
Subject: Boy..... I sure am enjoying


> Watching the election returns!!!!
>
>
> Hehehehe
>
> Mark Nelson
> www.PrecisionDigitalNegatives.com
> PDNPrint Forum @ Yahoo Groups
> www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com
>
> On Nov 4, 2008, at 7:25 PM, Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Sun, 2 Nov 2008, Diana Bloomfield wrote:
> >
> >> I don't know where I read this, maybe in PF Journal, Judy?--  Or
> >> maybe somebody on this list mentioned it.  I can't remember-- but I
> >> read or heard, not all that long ago, that if you cut the 2 corner
> >> edges of those foam brushes, you end up with a more rounded-type
> >> brush, so when you brush your emulsion on, you can help eliminate
> >> the sharp edge lines you sometimes get with these foam brushes.  I
> >> tried it, and it does work well-- for what it's worth.
> >>
> >
> > I'm pretty sure I'd heard that, too, Diana, but don't think it was
> > in P-F. However, though I'd actually done that myself a time or two,
> > I found it may have made matters worse -- somehow the original edge
> > was sort of cleaner, tho I didn't have a problem with edgelines
> > anyway.  Partly that may have been from having enough emulsion on
> > the brush for ample flow, partly could have been using a semi-
> > textured or relatively absorbent paper -- or maybe from holding the
> > paper relatively vertical for a few moments after coating...
> >
> > I don't remember, but, whichever, it goes to show you can't lose 'em
> > all (especially with cyano!!!).
> >
> > J.