[alt-photo] Re: gum speckles

Diana Bloomfield dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net
Fri Nov 18 22:54:10 GMT 2011


That was pretty much my thought-- too much pigment, layer too thick--  
though Matt said he had used the same amount of pigment and ratios as  
he had in the past, with no problem.  (I think.)

Diana
On Nov 18, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Christina Anderson wrote:

> Dear All,
> A quick glance at the image and thank heavens, as this is not what I  
> think as speckling (dark) it seems but flaking (white/absence of the  
> layer) so that is usually too thick a layer, not enough exposure  
> IMHO. Try the same exact everything with a thinner layer and see if  
> it goes away.E.g. add a bit of water to thin out the coating layer  
> and see if that solves it. If not, I would think you didn't oversize  
> it and lose paper tooth did you?
> Chris
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