[alt-photo] Re: taking a scalpel to pt/pd spots

[Roger Kockaerts]

Dear Diana,

There is absolutely no problem using a fine scalpel to remove those tiny
black spots. All you have to do is to brush very lightly, ba

On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Diana Bloomfield <
dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Okay-- thanks, everybody.  And, thanks, Clay, for the tutorial.  I have no
> plans to use a scalpel or anything else to attempt this, but I wanted to
> pass it along.  Spotting has never been my forte, either, but the spotting
> with Chinese white first and then an appropriate color *sounds* like
> something that might actually be approachable (more-so than wielding an
> exacto knife).  But I think my surgeon-friend-turned-pt-pd printer will
> have no problem with this, and using a loupe or magnifier seems like the
> way to go.
>
> Thanks all.  I just wasn't sure if this was something real that people
> actually do, or just something imagined.  I just tend to avoid the sky at
> all costs.
>
> Just saw your post, Denny.  That's also good to know-- thanks; very
> helpful.
>
> Diana
>
>
> On Feb 17, 2013, at 4:25 PM, David Arnar Runolfsson wrote:
>
> > I scratched out paper spots like this once on a platinum print and it
> > worked ok. I could still tell where they had been and that still annoys
> me,
> > but nobody else has seemed to notice. So I'd say it's worth a try if you
> > don't want to reprint on different paper etc. My advice would be to use
> an
> > xacto knife and prick rather than scrape, and just be careful not to
> overdo
> > it as you might end up with a visible white spot instead.
> >
> > David
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Paul Viapiano <viapiano at pacbell.net
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Spotting with Chinese white and then spotting with the appropriate color
> >> is a good alternative to knifing.
> >>
> >> P
> >>
> >> On Feb 17, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Diana Bloomfield <
> dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Sorry-- that got sent before I meant for it to-- so he asked me about
> >> those spots-- and, typically, I just try not to get them-- I've never
> cut
> >> one out.  So the question is-- do people actually do that, and if so--
> any
> >> pointers I can pass along?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> Diana
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