Re: albumen problem
Mike Robinson and Janine Kissner (robkiss@io.org)
Sun, 9 Jun 1996 22:45:50 +0100
>I need some advice on albumen printing.
>I have recently started albumen printing following the Mike Robinson's metho
>d and have a problem.
>When I use double albumenized paper, prints have some striped metallic stains.
>These metallic stain don't appear on single albumenized paper.
>I can't understand why these stains occur.
>
>Did anyone have same trouble?
>Thanks if anyone can help.
Masauki,
Those stripes are caused by excess image silver in those areas. I've seen
this happen when there is a stopping or hesitation when applying or
removing the paper from the sensitizing solution. This could also happen
when you lift the paper from one end to check for air bubbles, if you pause
for too long in one position the metal stipes are likely to occur.
Mike Robinson