Re: Platine

[eric nelson <emanphoto@gmail.com>]

Thanks for all the replies and COT 320 sounds like a the way to go and others have mentioned it to me in person.

One supplier had suggested doing a pre-coat of distilled water and once the paper no longer had a sheen, then apply the sensitizer.  Too crazy even for platinum.  

I haven't checked the prices of COT 320 but wasting a day or 2 trying to make some other paper work is much more expensive as BOB pointed out, not to mention the years shaved off our lives from the frustration!

I've had years of successful printing w/Platine but that seems to no longer be the case.

Eric

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM, BOB KISS <bobkiss@caribsurf.com> wrote:

DEAR DAN,
       I agree completely.
       At the cost of the PT & PD salts I hardly ever use anything other
than COT 320.  Even with cyanotype, I have commercial work pressures so,
when I print cyano where the chems are cheap, my time is more valuable than
the difference in cost between COT 320 and cheaper papers.  I am not saying
that one shouldn’t use other papers that have different qualities (surface
texture, color, thickness, translucence, etc) I am just saying that I use
what works best and keeps me from having to redo things.
               CHEERS!
                       BOB

________________________________________
From: Dan Burkholder [mailto:fdanb@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:49 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: Re: Platine

Can't really add anything to the comments existing. I was stung with two
different batches of crap Platine about five years ago so lesson learned.
The Bergger Cot 320 might be more expensive but it's never trashed a day of
printing.

Best of success,

Dan


info@DanBurkholder.com
www.DanBurkholder.com

On Jun 17, 2009, at 12:42 AM, ender100 wrote:


I know other people have had this problem with inconsistent paper—mostly the
sizing not being even and the mottling that Brian is reporting.  I don't use
it.
--
Best Wishes,

Mark Nelson
Precision Digital Negatives

PDNPrint Forum @ Yahoo Groups
Mark Nelson Photography

On Jun 16, 2009, at 11:02:18 PM, "Brian Pawlowski" <beepy@netapp.com> wrote:

> So am I having a solitary experience with Platine here?

Ah, probably no.

I pounded (and wasted time) with old and new cyanotype and Platine
and was plagued with mottling...

I assumed "Good for Platinum, good for Cyanotype."

I did not try Pt/Pd, but I suspect I was seeing something similar
(similar "siderotype" process).

Brian

P.S. Unfortunately I was not undercharged...

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