Re: Alkaline paper and grain
John Rudiak (wizard@laplaza.taos.nm.us)
Fri, 10 May 1996 23:18:53 -0600 (MDT)
es, On Fri, 10 May 1996, Richard Sullivan wrote:
>
> I dunno Klaus. I have had the same problem but I have seen grainless prints
> done on stuff like Gallery 100 and other buffered archival papers and said
> print makers claim to do nothing unusual to the paper. I believe John Rudiak
> prints on archival alkaline papers all the time. Eh John? Or am I wrong?
>
> Dick Sullivan
> Bostick & Sullivan
> Santa Fe, New mexico
>
Yes, I printed on buffered Gallery 100 for about 15 years, with no grain,
which I attribute at least partially to using hydrogen peroxide in the
sensitizer as a contrast boosting agent. I recently had to stop using
this paper because Rising has seen the need to remove 80% of the sizing
from it. The chemist I talked to at Rising said "It has no effect on the
way the paper works. What's a platinum print anyhow?"
John