[alt-photo] Re: Preshrinking paper for gum?

[Kurt Nagy]

I see

Yep, gum over cyanotype on COT 320



On Jan 17, 2013, at 5:12 PM, Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Their cold press is very textured.  I've never tried it.  I like smooth papers for platinum printing, but for gum-- I don't know-- I like a little texture.  So are you doing gum on COT 320, then?  
> 
> Diana
> On Jan 17, 2013, at 5:29 PM, Kurt Nagy wrote:
> 
>> Do you have an examples of their cold press?  I like smooth hot press papers, I'm currently using COT 320 and have no issues but I'd like to see what Fabriano looks like.
>> 
>> I don't size with COT 320 and get great results (I think)
>> 
>> On Jan 17, 2013, at 4:19 PM, Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>>> Do you mean other papers by Fabriano, or other paper brands?  
>>> 
>>> I have tried that on other Fabriano papers, specifically their hot-press and cold press papers. I never liked their hot-press, even when I would pre-shrink and size.  I didn't mind the 300 lb hot-press paper so much, except that it was a bit like chopping wood to make smaller pieces-- but I never liked the 140 lb hot press.  I'm not sure why. Something about the surface, and I also didn't like the way it seemed to get wrinkly after repeated water soaks.   Maybe I just like a bit more texture in my papers.  
>>> 
>>> But  . . . with the hot press, I found that the registration was too "off" for me, without first pre-shrinking.  This paper also has a lot of sizing in it, but once it soaks in water, so much of that is lost. For some reason, that's not the case with their soft-press.   If I did not pre-shrink-- the paper, of course, retained all its own sizing-- and so the first coat was great.  The subsequent coats were too mis-registered for me.  When I did