[alt-photo] Re: re-acidification of fabriano

[Paul Viapiano]

Thanks, Loris...I know you like the HCl but it's harder to get here and I 
don't like having it around...but we've been through all that before on the 
list and elsewhere.

I'll print another test in the morning.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Loris Medici" <mail at loris.medici.name>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 11:47 PM
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: re-acidification of fabriano


> Hi Paul, I'd try to use 2% HCl (v/v, for 4 minutes, flipping the paper
> halfway...) to see what happens... I used three different batches of
> Fabriano Artistico, in past two years and none posed a problem with
> cyanotype. (Which is the gold standard test for paper; I haven't seen a
> single paper that works well with cyanotype but doesn't with other iron
> processes...)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org On Behalf Of
> Paul Viapiano
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:29 AM
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> Subject: [alt-photo] re-acidification of fabriano
>
> As a sidebar to my last remarks (see below)...I tried reacidifying my
> Fabriano with a stronger solution (5% oxalic acid vs 1%) and let it soak 
> for
> a longer period. Paper isbetter but still not hitting on all cylinders.
>
> Has anyone ever had a batch of paper that they couldn't make work? I don't
> know what else I could do except more soaking.
>
> Paul
>
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