>Moreover, during a long soak, water would inevitably insidiously somehow
>seep between the paper and the substrate and make a great big water
>balloon in there. So the paper was bellowing and buckling and bubbling at
>the same time (as was I).
>I also suspect that Terry's very brief development (I gather just a few
>minutes) affects the paper differently than long soaks.
As often is the case you are right about talking about the same thing.
I stretch paper as the last stage of a conservation treatment: to flatten
the paper and more or less bringing it back to the same size. Watery
treatments change the size of paper. Stretched paper will move again when
rewetted and buckle. It will dry to the same format as it had before
though. This can be an advantage in registering when the exposure is done
on a dry sheet. The only way to make paper motionless during wet treatments
is to stick it to a stiff substrate. I am right now looking into some glues
used in conservation who are insoluble in water but will dissolve in white
spirit. This could be a solution. As I am waiting for product information
please bear with me.
Bas
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