[alt-photo] Re: Question for Platinum/Palladium printers

[etienne garbaux]

Loris wrote:

>I remember to read that HCl severes some of the H bonds in the 
>cellulose molecule, that's no good - especially in the context of 
>pt/pd printing, where the image is stronger than the support.

Again, all of the antique Pt prints that were cleared in HCl and to 
this day show no apparent degradation of the paper suggest that, at 
the very least, any macro damage from the practice can be held to 
imperceptible levels with careful processing.

Best regards,

etienne