[alt-photo] Re: Fumed Silica, Simili Japon and pure platinum printing

[BOB KISS]

Hi!
	Anyone know where I can buy some Simili Japon paper?  I checked the
usual suspects (on line art stores) and couldn't find it.  I am considering
trying it.
		CHEERS!
			BOB

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Robert Hall
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Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Fumed Silica,Simili Japon and pure platinum
printing

The more I use it the more I see a couple of things.

One, a smooth coat of the Fumed Silica makes a big difference in how the
final print looks, with or without streaking. Sometimes I find that it has
kind of a wabi sabi kind of look to it.

And two, the paper has something to do with the final image in dmax and
difference.

As a good friend told me, I would find that it is not for every image, and
I would agree. But it is fabulous on many.

I would also agree that the pt does print just a bit faster.

BTW, Dana sent me a sample of the Fumed Aluminum and find that with a hot
potassium oxalate it does little on Platine to cool the image. Since I am
happy with the results I am getting, I will have to be a bit less busy in
the darkroom to do much more testing.

Robert Hall
www.RobertHall.com
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