Re: Miracle size for gum
Christina, aquapel sounds extremely plausible to my ears, since it's already used as an internal sizing agent in many papers which are friendly to iron processes. (Most notably pure pt which is incompatible with gelatin sizings AFAIK... Also new cyanotype and argyrotype which are pretty picky about paper.) OTOH, aquapel comes in different strengths and properties depending on the application (it's also used as a concrete additive for instance), so one has to grab the right one and use it in the right dilution in order to achieve with the purpose. Meanwhile, aquapel could be a trademarked name for a generic monomer/polymer, therefore I'm not sure how to ask about it to chemistry suppliers. Regards, Loris. 2009/10/10 Christina Z. Anderson <zphoto@montana.net>: > ... > My results with acrylic sizing in the past have been iffy at best, but perhaps > this is the ticket. I know Peter Blackburn swears by Aquapel, which I also > have to try here. So many sizes, so little time....
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