I understand Terry I cant spell either, but neither could not Charles Dickens
>I hope that this is not picking at scabs but if you not harden the first coat
>of
gum first, how does it provide any protection under the denser parts of the
negative.<
Terry you can pick my scabs any time as long you are prepared to put up
with the puss.
The thing is the whole mechanism is based on a soluble layer. The non
image layers are protected by an excess of size working rather like the law
of mass action,no more room on the bus.
I agree that we do have a problem with the labelling of processes. We
should get some international accord in this respect
Your other question what is a 60% solution of gloy, simple it is 60ml of
gloy gum into which is added 40ml of pure water, by my reckoning this must
very near a 60% solution
>Did I not run that workshop at Richmond that Pete mentioned.. The man who took
a week to prepare his paper for gum prints was a good example of those who live
in limbo over complicating things <
No you are far to sensible, you did not run this workshop. It was a B Shaw
who took part in it and also wrote an article in the Photographic Journal
of the RPS at a similar time to yourself.
>Gum printing is easy with gum, Gloy and albumen, all with continuous tone
negatives on water-colour paper<.
> I have used whole egg but it needs plasticised
paper and tone separations to make it work without flaking.<
I challenge this statement. I personally have have never had a problem of
this nature and have printed onto, canvas, wood, glass, plastic,ceramic's
and paper to be crude this colloid sticks like S **T to a blanket on almost
any surface.
>As to numbers of coatings. More than one coat gives subtlety of tone and
gradation and, most important of all, colour.<
Am I being an old fuddy duddy to want that in my gum prints ?
Of course not ,go for it Floyd it is the only way to go.
Terry King.
cheers pete.