Re: paper for oil prints # 2

Pollmeier Klaus (100561.2417@CompuServe.COM)
26 Apr 96 15:28:30 EDT

Robert,
Maybe the CENTENNIAL DW P.O.P. can really be used for bromoil. If you want to
give it a try, I suggest the following treatment: Expose by contact either in
the sun or UV-light until the print looks 2/3 to 1 stop darker than desired in
the final print, wash until no more milky streaks come off the print, bleach,
fix and wash. Drying before the swelling bath can probably be omitted.

Another tip for contrast control for bromoilists who use 'ordinary' papers: As
the print usually has to be overexposed to keep the highlight detail during
inking, this may sometimes cause trouble with contrasty negs: The shadows are
too dark and if they have complicated shapes, they often cannot be kept bright
enough by dodging. So they ink up too dark. One can prevent this by a treatment
invented by Sterry: A presoak in water until the paper has expanded, than a one
and half a minute (or a little more according to the amount of overexposure)
soak in a 1 percent solution of potassium dichromate, rinse with water 10-20
seconds and then pour the developer over it. This will ensure 'open' shadows.
(From A. Mebes: Der Bromoeldruck, 1920)

Klaus Pollmeier