Re: Starch Sizing

Luis Nadeau (nadeaul@mailserv.nbnet.nb.ca)
Thu, 10 Apr 1997 10:11:34 -0300

At 12:43 PM 97/04/09, Jason Revell wrote:
>I have been using a gelatine sizing for a while now for kallitypes and can
>remember
>reading in various books that you can achieve warmer tones by using a starch
>sizing.
>But in none of these books can I ever remember seeing even a rough idea of
>the
>quantities used to make it.

Sounds like you have the wrong books. Go to your library and borrow the
latest, 3rd edition of my platinum book.

...

>I am also keen to try a starch sizing as instinct tells me it's probably
> more archivaly
>sound than a Gelatine size, even though I have been using a quite pure
>gelatine.
>I know conservators use starch based adhesives rather than animal based
>one's,
>I presume for this very reason.

Not really. Starch sizing is easy to use cold and is reversible. Gelatin
has been found in the pyramids of Egypt...

Luis Nadeau
nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada