Re: Clearing Gum/Carbon
Hans Nohlberg (chiahans@tripnet.se)
Wed, 17 Jan 1996 00:23:31 +0200
Lieber Klaus,
>>When we skipped the bad Hanfstaengl material and started to coat our own
>tissues we used polyester and not paper from the very start.<
>
>It is correct that the old Hanfstaengl tissues caused problems in the mid-80s,
>as the company had no knowledge how to make a carbon or carbro print. The
>tissues were stored too long and not frozen, so esp. the magenta was quickly
>fogged.
Thanks for this answer/confirmation. As you say, the Magenta (especially
the Brilliant) was very fogged. We had tight correspondance/conversation
with Hanfstaengl but they did deny that there were problems with their
material and as we were beginners at that time we were not so familiar with
the process. When we started to make own tissues a lot of problems were
solved (the frilling, running colours and the heavy fog - we got new ones
instead, e.g grey balancing).
>Around 1991-92 I helped the company to develop a new set of tissues,
>coated on polyester and with an improved grey balance.
If we had known that........
>I do not know if Dr.
>Green from Gallery 614 still has them for sale. Here, these tissues are kept
>deep frozen until today and could be mail ordered.
Best regards, Hans & Chia