Re: Carbon Mylar
Jodie Allen (74160.3410@CompuServe.COM)
23 Apr 96 00:07:33 EDT
>>I am sure that this is a naive question but as I, and my
>>students, have been making carbon tissue on lining wall paper
>>using leaf gelatine and pigment without adding sugar or
>>glycerine, which I soon found gave worse results than if I left
>>them out, what real advantages are there in using mylar ?
Hmmm...what is leaf gelatine? When I tried making a plain gelatine coating the
coating dried very unevenly, but this test was done on a plastic sheet rather
than paper. I would guess that the paper would hold the gelatine better, but am
also wondering if the kind of gelatine used also makes a difference. I was
using food grade (knox) gelatine.
- Wayde Allen