JR, I have heard from a local printer that Arches 88 works well.
> I have been experimenting with albumen. The papers I tried have been
> Strathmore 500 1 ply Drawing Bristol, Plate finish, Rives BFK and some hot
> press water colour papers ( Fabriano, Arches and Strathmore), all of which
> coated beautifully, printed great but when it hit the fixer (sodium
> thiosulfate) it faded into a gray mist. I tried to size the papers with
> gelatin, it was no help, the fogging continued and it added a new problem,
> blistering in the wash ( the temp. was consistent ).
> The Strathmore drawing has worked the best but it is very difficult
> to coat. The second it hits the solutions it curls up into a soda straw. I
> have tried folding the edges and it has helped some but it is almost
> impossible to keep the solutions off the back.
> I have been looking at a great number of Albumen prints and have
> noticed that the paper is very thin. Are there any paper equivalents today?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Jonathan
>
EJ Neilsen
ejnasn@laplaza.org