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

[Paul Viapiano]

Aargh...never mind!

p


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> 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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