[alt-photo] Re: to shrink or not to shrink

[Jeremy Moore]

Paul, what temperature is the water you're developing the print in,
roundabouts? And are you sizing--if so, with what?

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Paul Viapiano <viapiano at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Image is approx 6 x 6 inches...
>
> I did this on a lark and am pleasantly surprised to see the pin register
> holes line up as I prepare for the 2nd layer ;-)
>
> Paul
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Moore" <jeremydmoore at gmail.com>
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>> Yeah, let's see how the 3rd layer goes on... also, how large is the
>> image size? It could be an 8x10 on 10x11 paper or a 2x3 on 10x11 paper
>> and that would make a difference. I know I can't even get away with a
>> second coat w/o pre-shrinking at an image size of 12"x12".
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Paul Viapiano <viapiano at pacbell.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well, everyone...just wanted to report that yesterday I made a gum print
>>> on
>>> Rives BFK (who the hell knows what flavor), a piece of paper 10 x 11
>>> inches.
>>> I did not preshrink. I registered with pinholes and when the first layer
>>> was
>>> complete and dried, the paper lined right up with the pinholes of the
>>> next
>>> layer's negative. No shrinking!!!
>>>
>>> So, it seems that for this size of paper/images I can forego
>>> preshrinking,
>>> unless of course it raises its ugly head during the next two layer
>>> cycles...
>>>
>>> Happy printing!
>>>
>>> Paul
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