Re: Miracle size for gum
European printers, see this: http://www.homecrafts.co.uk/products-Aquapel-Size_B532A.htm 2009/10/12 Loris Medici <mail@loris.medici.name>: > 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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