RE: Paper - baby oil Digi Negs
DEAR JACEK, I concur totally with what Argon and Katherine said. Firstly use the highest quality mineral spirits you can find, not turpentine. Secondly, use the microcrystalline wax. It is bees wax but it has been highly purified. It will not yellow. CHEERS! BOB -----Original Message----- From: Jacek Gonsalves [mailto:jacek@jagnight.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:27 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: Paper - baby oil Digi Negs Hi > etc. etc.) There wasn't a one that didn't start to dry within a day, or > two at most. I finally solved the problem with -- not paraffin, but > beeswax, which doesn't mottle like paraffin and doesn't dry like oil. Judy how do you go about using the beeswax? Do you melt, dilute it with anything? My art store has it as a clump in a plastic container. The store person told me they put it in a pan and slow cook it, seems it gives off a lovely honey smell(dont thikn it would be good for eating tho :) ). > 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! Bob the mineral spirits, is this also known as mineral turpentine? Cheers Jacek __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4376 (20090828) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
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