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

[zphoto at montana.net]

Paul,
Sam is using dry dichromate, though, correct, so the added water is 
just like mixing the dichromate 1:1 with gum/pigment as we do....or at 
least that is what Sam did while I was in grad school with him.
Chris



On Monday 03/22/2010 at 12:29 pm, Paul Viapiano   wrote:
> 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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