Re: buffing paper
Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Tue, 25 Feb 1997 21:15:12 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Beakman wrote:
> When I buff the paper (with a soft rag) I rub the paper *very* hard. It
> is quite the aerobic workout -- I'm prespiring and breathing fairly
> heavily after the work required for just a couple of 8x10's. The next
> day my arm was sore from the labor on 10 sheets of paper the night before.
>
> The paper when done is as smooth or possibly smoother than the original
> uncoated paper -- quite literally, polished. I have looked at finished
> prints with a 10X loupe and I can barely discern any fibers whereas
> Platine usually looks like a fiber jungle.
>
> After buffing there is a faint trace of yellow on the rag.
>
Dave, you do of course wear a mask with all that buffing....? Somebody,
Dick Sullivan I think, advised wearing a mask when heat drying platinum
because bits of metal could fly into the air and thence to your lungs.
It also occurs to me to wonder if you might get the same results if you
used a harder paper to begin with. Or at least it might not take quite so
much work?
Judy