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

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hey Paul,

I always think the Rives has a linen look-- not texture-- but you can see linen pattern on it, which I like a lot.  But-- yeah-- I guess that soft press could be described that way.  It just seems like a light texture to me, but flat-- not raised so much, like the cold press or rough.  It's been great, though, and has greatly simplified my life.  Thanks again.

Diana
On Jan 17, 2013, at 8:22 PM, Paul Viapiano wrote:

> Diana, I usually describe the SP as having a light linen texture. 
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> P
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> On Jan 17, 2013, at 4:47 PM, Diana Bloomfield <dlhbloomfield at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> No problem, Kurt.  :)  I said that, because I'm always mentioning this paper here, it seems-- mostly sounding like a broken record and like I have a lot of stock in it-- so I thought you were being funny.  Never mind.  So, yes;  there seems to be a difference between soft press and cold press.  Technically, I'm not actually sure what the real differences are-- and, truth be told, I've never used the cold press-- so maybe it performs in exactly the same way as the soft press (though I'm guessing not).  But when I see the cold press, it has much more texture to it-- in both look and feel-- than the soft press.  Fabriano also sells yet another that they label "rough press," and that seems to have the most texture of all-- that's pretty rough looking stuff.  I have no idea what people use that for, except as a substitute for regular sheetrock.;)  So I would say the soft press is somewhere between hot press and cold press-- it has a texture, but very fine.
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>> Hope that helps.
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>> So thanks about the COT320 information, too.  I'm definitely trying it.
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>> Diana
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>> On Jan 17, 2013, at 7:28 PM, Kurt Nagy wrote:
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>>> My apologies, I was being neither.  Is there a difference between soft press or cold press?  I was asking to see if there was a difference as I don't like the texture of cold press but I got my words all jumbled :)
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>>> No I do not preshrink or size COT 320. First layer is cyanotype and go from there :)
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>>> On Jan 17, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>>>> Hey Kurt,
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>>>> I can never tell if someone is being funny or not (online)-- but, yeah, it's Fabriano soft-press.  ;)
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>>>> Diana
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>>>> On Jan 17, 2013, at 6:31 PM, Kurt Nagy wrote:
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>>>>> So I guess I read wrong at first.  I meant to ask for examples of the press type you use, so "soft" press, not cold press
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>>>>> On Jan 17, 2013, at 5:12 PM, Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>>>>>> 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?  
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>>>>>> Diana
>>>>>> On Jan 17, 2013, at 5:29 PM, Kurt Nagy wrote:
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>>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>>>> I don't size with COT 320 and get great results (I think)
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>>>>>>> On Jan 17, 2013, at 4:19 PM, Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.n
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