RE: Paper - baby oil Digi Negs
DEAR JUDY ET ALIA, I buy my microcrystalline wax from Talas in NYC. You can get a 5 lb block for very reasonable money. I melt it and dilute it 1:3 by mass to make my own soft wax for waxing silver gelatin prints. You need to use what is called mineral spirits to dilute it when melted. Be certain to melt it in a double boiler and TURN OFF ANY FLAME before opening the mineral spirits...very flammable! I think this would do a great job "transparentizing" paper negs because, when I have accidentally gotten some on the back of my silver gelatin fiber base prints, the paper becomes nearly transparent...and that is double weight! My suggestion is to get the was with the lowest melting point (they offer a few options)...easier to work with. Please forgive me: "A preposition is a bad word to end a sentence with". CHEERS! BOB -----Original Message----- From: Judy Seigel [mailto:jseigel@panix.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:38 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: Paper - baby oil Digi Negs Renaissance wax is very helpful in mending a damaged surface on commercial SG paper, but IME useless for transparentizing. J. On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Argon3@aol.com wrote: > One thing that occurs to me is Renaissance Micro-crystaline Wax. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Wax > > I've never used it to achieve transparency in paper but it has a reputation > for being stable. Most, if not all, oils will cause the paper to > deteriorate eventually. > > I've seen references to it being used to "buff up" gelatin siver prints as > a protective finish and as a way to deepen blacks in the print. > > http://www.apug.org/forums/forum205/63435-waxing-photographs-any-ideas.html > > May seem a bit pricey but might be worth a try. > > argon/JGronk > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4368 (20090826) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
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