[alt-photo] Re: ***NOW HEAR (READ?) THIS: COT IS AVAILABLE! was Daniel Smith paper chart!

[Christina Anderson]

AHA, thanks for this, Keith.

But also a HUGE thanks to you for your contribution to the list over the years. I have a multitude of paper notes from you from back when you were testing papers in the 90s for Dick Arentz' book. I thank you for the time and expense of testing and sharing that on the list to contribute to our sum knowledge.

As I've said before, there is one thing to reading in books about a process, another thing entirely to talking with real live people who have done the processes. Much more extensive and useful information.

For example, if it wasn't for Mike Ware's help about this Ware's formula clearing issue I am having, I would have assumed either Buxton paper or Ware's formula was a b---ch to clear when, in fact, it is actually more probable from his information it is contaminated chemistry. I would never think freshly bought chemistry was contaminated.
Chris

Christina Z. Anderson
christinaZanderson.com

On Feb 24, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Keith Schreiber wrote:

> Hi Christina,
> 
> Don't recall that I ever mentioned it here, though maybe I did and it's not in my archive of saved messages, but about 2 or 3 years ago I got a factory package of 22x30 COT320 thru B&S that had the Platine watermark on every sheet. Edges were trimmed as always with COT320. I think this is fairly conclusive evidence that they come from the same moulds at the very least. I have always found COT320 to be  ever so slightly warmer than Platine and this package was no exception. Texture was as usual - smooth on the felt side and a bit of texture on the screen side. Both sides printed well.
> 
> Cheers,
> Keith
> 
> 
> On Feb 20, 2012, at 8:35 AM, Christina Anderson wrote:
> 
>> The two perhaps "rumors" that I've heard about Bergger is a) hardly available and b) identical to Arches Platine but sized in a different way. Someone opened their package somewhere and saw a Platine label on it or something, in the archives. I have both here, and by feel they seem identical (back is a bit more textured than the smooth front on Platine).
> 
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