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

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hey Francesco,

I'm just using it straight for pt/pd.  I heard it had changed, too,  
but I had to re-order some recently, and the batch I got seemed to  
perform as well as the much older batch I had.  The watermark is along  
an edge-- easy enough to avoid.

Diana
On Sep 2, 2011, at 3:58 PM, Francesco Fragomeni wrote:

> Paul,
>
> What is your acidification process for the Fabriano EW paper? I've  
> heard
> good things about this paper.
>
> Mark, Diana, and David,
>
> Are you using Arches Platine straight or are you doing anything to  
> acidify?
> I've had more people recommend this paper to me so far then any  
> other but
> I've also heard and read that the paper is different then it used to  
> be so I
> was unsure if the current production run is what people are using and
> recommending. Also, I've heard something about a watermark on this  
> paper.
> Can someone tell me its placement? I can't imagine printing over a
> watermark.
>
> Kurt,
>
> I hope it isn't either. I liked the paper very much for Cyanotype.
>
> Thanks to all,
> Francesco
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Kurt Nagy <kakarott76 at hotmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> I really hope they aren't discontinuing COT320.  I've gotten my  
>> best gum
>> results from it!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 2, 2011, at 1:51 PM, David Ashcraft <davidashcraft at sti.net>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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