[alt-photo] Re: paper (tangent)

[Trevor Cunningham]

Is there any correlation between paper weight and shrinkage?

Diana Bloomfield wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>
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