Re: My own PVA glue sizing experience (attn: marek + the gum woesagain)

[Paul Viapiano <viapiano@pacbell.net>]

Jeremy...

The print is awesome.

How many layers of gum...? That color is luscious...

Paul



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremy Moore" <jeremydmoore@gmail.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: My own PVA glue sizing experience (attn: marek + the gum 
woesagain)


> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremymoore/4035656484/
>
> This is sized with full strength Gamblin PVA Size on BFK Rives and I
> have a few more which haven't been scanned. I also pre-shrink this
> paper in a warm oxalic acid bath to ready it for the foundation
> palladium layer.
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Marek Matusz <marekmatusz@hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
> > On the other hand I tested a copule more papers with a 1:1 dilution, BFK
> > rives, which looked like a blottong paper, very porous and with a lot of
> > tooth (actually I got an email that somebody has been using it for a 
> > while
> > and sizing it with streight form the bottle Gamblin PVA with wonderful
> > results).
> > Marek