[alt-photo] Re: to shrink or not to shrink (registration)

[Paul Viapiano]

Actually, the water tip is on Sam's article on Unblinking Eye. His example 
prints there are smo-o-oth. He mixes gum and pigment to the color and 
intensity he wants and then adds water up to the amount equal to the 
gum/pigment.

I added slightly less than that...

p



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diana Bloomfield" <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:08 AM
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: to shrink or not to shrink (registration)


>I haven't had the coagulation problem.  I use Everclear, grain  alcohol--  
>you know, the stuff that makes you go blind if you drink  it--  (or maybe 
>that's only what Southern parents tell their  children?)/  Seems to work 
>fine for me.  I think I did give the water  a try once, but I probably 
>added too much, because although the coat  went on smoothly, it was very 
>thin.
>
> Diana
> On Mar 22, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Loris Medici wrote:
>
>> Diana, I tried that with pure isopropanol and it was coagulating the
>> coating solution. Maybe I should try to find some pure ethanol... In
>> any case, as many have found out before, adding a little more water
>> often helps.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Loris.
>>
>
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