[alt-photo] Re: Need Your Recommendations for New Alt-Process Paper

[David Ashcraft]

I use Arches Platine, printed over a dozen new photographs in pt/pd  
with it without a problem.  Good luck!

David

On Sep 2, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Francesco Fragomeni wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I know that paper selection is a common discussion especially when new
> papers are released and great old papers are discontinued. It seems  
> to be a
> never ending conversation. I'm in the process of setting up my  
> facilities
> and purchasing materials for alt-processes (primarily Pt/Pl and  
> Cyanotype).
> I've printed Pt/Pl before but only with friends (dedicated Pt/Pl  
> printers)
> in their darkrooms so I had the ease of not having to think about or  
> stock
> my own materials. Now comes the time to stock up on paper. I've used  
> Cranes
> Platinotype and Bergger COT for Pt/Pl and mainly Bergger COT for  
> Cyanotype.
> I still have some Bergger left but this past week when I went to  
> order more
> from Bostick & Sullivan I saw that they had none and when I called  
> to see
> when they would be getting more in, it did not seem as though they  
> were
> expecting it anytime soon. I've heard rumors that it might be  
> discontinued
> but I have no way of substantiating that. I would be very interested  
> in
> hearing what the currently available papers are for those of you  
> printing
> Pt/Pl, Platinum, and Palladium. I'll need to do some experimenting  
> to find
> my paper of choice and then I'll probably buy as much as I can store.
>
> Also, I've read quite a bit about people being unhappy with currently
> available papers because of the low acidity of the papers. It seems  
> that
> many are turning to acidification techniques of fine art papers  
> available at
> art stores rather then depending on disappearing papers made for Pt/ 
> Pl. Does
> anyone have any insight on this?
>
> I've only been a member of the group for about 24 hours and many of  
> you have
> already been immensely helpful. Thank you very much!
>
> Best,
> Francesco Fragomeni
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