RE: extending palladium coating solution...?
Paul, I haven't read the addendix to which you refer but for years the subtle use of distilled water in the brush has been a part of almost every successful coating I have seen. It is a part of the "secret" sauce of printing. The how hard to shake the brush after a rinse with distilled water, how "dry" do I make my paper with proper humidification or desiccation prior to coating to make it work. A thinner coating can produce a weak black, so if you use that as a guide you can dilute to your eyes content. Or your spectro that some may dig into to measure their Dmax. Eric Eric Neilsen 4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9 Dallas, TX 75226 214-827-8301 www.ericneilsenphotography.com SKYPE ejprinter -----Original Message----- From: Paul Viapiano [mailto:viapiano@pacbell.net] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:52 AM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: extending palladium coating solution...? Hi all... Stan Klimek talks about this in the Arentz appendix...does anyone else do this? He extends his solution with distilled water, adds approx 1.5 ml distilled water to 3ml solution to get 4.5 ml total...he has other guidelines as volumes of solutions get larger, bu the ratio stays approx the same... Thanks...Paul
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