liquid light-almost there!

Michele T. Hoffman (76503.3575@CompuServe.COM)
30 Aug 96 14:33:06 EDT

Following a suggestion I coated the Rives BFK paper on one side with acrylic gel
and
it no longer curls and ripples.
My print was very blah so I followed the instructions given and diluted the
emulsion
with my Dektol developer but as soon as the Dektol hits the emulsion, the
mixture turns
gray. I exposed it anyhow and the print was much better as far as values went,
but
now there's a gray wash over the parts of the print that should be white--the
same
gray that the mixture was! They don't tell you that in their product brochure.
Does anyone know how to overcome this drawback?
Michele