Re: cyanotype question

Stanley Greenberg (grnbrg@nyc.pipeline.com)
Wed, 2 Oct 1996 20:10:18 GMT

On Oct 03, 1996 01:51:50, 'SCHRAMMR@WLSVAX.WVNET.EDU' wrote:


>OK Judy, invitation accepted. Yes, I use Rives BFK for cyanotype. I like
>it. It soaks up the sensitizer real good and gives me a nice even coating
>with a sponge or Hake brush. It stands up well after repeated soaking. The

>only question that has arisen about this paper is if it is buffered. If
>it is, that would be very bad for cyanotype prints. However, I have tested

>the Ph of every batch of Rives BFK I have every received in the last
>couple of years and have found it to be neutral. i.e. no batch has tested
>above Ph 7.0 which indicates that it is not buffered in spite of what
>has been written about it somewhere. Since Judy is more of a worrywart
>than I am so she worrys about this and won't use it. I suppose if I
>lived in NYC, I would worry a lot also. ;-) Here in West Virginia, we
>just take another swig of moonshine, go out and kick the tires on one
>of 10 or 15 old cars parked in the front yard and sit on the front porch
>and scratch the hounddog's ear.
>
>Bob Schramm

If we worried alot we wouldn't live in New York.

Stan Greenberg