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