[alt-photo] Re: thick vellum for pt/pd

[clay at clayharmon.com]

I like the rolls of Clearprint 1020H drafting vellum when I need a heavier vellum. Tape the corners down before coating and use 2 thinner coats instead of one thick coat (at least for platinum/palladium) . It does not need acidification. It is too bad that Swiss Opaline was discontinued about a decade ago. It was a super nice paper.

On Dec 20, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Christina Anderson wrote:

> Years ago I purchased a bunch of different papers to try with alt--it would have been 2003, in fact. I purchased one really nice vellum paper that was THICK, not like Bienfang or whatnot that are in pads and very flimsy. I think it might have been Canson Opalux vellum but I don't know. I have been going through the list and there is mention of "Bee Vellum" by Jeffrey Mathias (now into 1999, the year of Prince).  Has anyone tried this, and, if not, can you recommend a thick, sturdy vellum for alt? I just loved this one vellum I used back then, but I wasn't so great with labeling papers, which has come back to bite me in the butt.
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