[alt-photo] Re: pre-shrinking paper

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Francis

I have always preshrunk paper (Rives, Strathmore, Fabriano, Arches), 15 at a
time, for 15-20 minutes in water that is 120 degrees F. I follow that with 2
separate soakings in gelatin/chrome alum. I've not had registration problems
with as many as 5 emulsions (one hour development each) since 1979.

Carole

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 2:08 PM, francis schanberger <frangst at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have relatively little experience pre-shrinking paper and would like to
> solicit advice from the alt processes list.
>
> I am working on a three color gum with a cyanotype layer and noticed that
> the paper dimensions did change even after a pre-soak and dry in hot water
> for an hour. The image dimensions are roughly 20" x 16".
>
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