> Until I find the pH pen (for what that's worth), I note that on page 101
of
> the Daniel Smith Reference Catalog for 1995-6 it says Rives BFK is "100%
> cotton, acid free and buffered...." I'm pretty sure I saw same thing
> somewhere else, too.....tho of course any or all of it could be figment
> of the paper-buyer's imagination.....
>
> Judy
Which Paper? Silver Turner,estamp, London 1991 (isbn 1 871831 04 0)
says Velin BFK Rives is 100% cotton, neutral pH soft, sized etc.
Unlike Velin Arches it does not appear to be buffered.
Peter Marshall
petermarshall@cix.compulink.co.uk