[alt-photo] Re: Weston Diploma Parchment

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hi Loris,

It's been so long since I tried it, but I do vaguely remember that-- 
kind of a surprise-- and I also use citric acid as a clearing bath.   
Maybe we should be using something else?  I liked the COT320, but I  
would often get batches (it seemed to me) that didn't perform as well  
as some others.  For some reason, the larger sizes of COT320 always  
seemed to offer better results.  Or maybe that was just my  
imagination.  Arches Platine is my favorite paper for pt/pd, though  
I'm doing lots more gum printing now and liking it so much better.   
It's so much more fun, and I'm saving a ton of money.  It got to the  
point where I just couldn't justify the cost of pt/pd anymore.  So now  
I still use it, but not all that often.

Diana

On Mar 9, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Loris Medici wrote:

> Diana, if that's due the base color, have you noticed that the paper  
> becomes
> much more neutral after processing? I suspect my procadure of always
> developing/clearing pop pd prints in dilute (1 dessert spoon per  
> liter)
> citric acid. Somehow, the paperlooks much less warm after that...
>
>
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> ...
>
> I won't say "that paper is kinda crap," because a lot of people use  
> it and
> have much success with it.  I will say that I tried it for pt/pd and  
> did not
> like it at all-- not only the weight and fragility of it, but I also  
> just
> didn't like the look of the final prints.
>
> ...
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