[alt-photo] paper

[Diana Bloomfield]

I didn't even know Rives had a "super-heavy version" - or were you  
just kidding?  I can never tell.

I go to our local Jerry's here, and I typically buy the "Rives  
heavyweight BFK", at 280 gsm, which I really love.   I've been buying  
various papers there forever, but only just discovered that if you buy  
20 of any one thing (anything in the store)-- if it's at least 20 of  
the exact same thing of whatever it is you're buying (like 20 bottles  
of Gamblin PVA for instance)-- you get a 20% discount.  I was  
stunned.   I guess I've always bought less paper than that at any one  
time, but recently, I bought 20 at one shot-- so I found out about  
this discount.  They said they'd always offered that (only in the  
store, I gather, not online)-- a well-kept secret.  But that extra  
discount on already discounted paper there sure seems like a real  
bargain to me.   And I really like working with it-- seems to work  
really well for gum-printing.

Diana
On Mar 6, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Paul Viapiano wrote:

> Clay...
>
> Exactly what I meant...makes your eyes glaze over!
>
> Paul
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clay Harmon Website" <clayh at clayharmon.com 
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> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 8:33 AM
> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: dichromate stain
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>> There are still quite a few versions of BFK available. In fact,  
>> there is a confusing array weights and variants. For instance,  
>> Daniel Smith carries a 250gsm Rives White, and a 270gsm White, not  
>> to be confused with the  280 gsm BFK heavyweight. There is also a  
>> 175 gsm Rives Heavyweight BFK,  not to be confused with the 115gsm  
>> Rives BFK lightweight, or the 180 gsm Velin Cuve Rives BFK.  It is  
>> crazy-making to be sure. I like the strangely named 175gsm Rives  
>> BFK  Heavyweight for pt and gum. Good wet strength and a nice  
>> strong pt print when it is acidified.
>>
>> Just saying Rives BFK is not terribly specific when you start  
>> digging into all the options available. And I did not even get into  
>> the super heavy versions that weigh in at 300+ gsm.....
>>
>> Clay
>>