gloy and gum
Terry King (KINGNAPOLEONPHOTO@compuserve.com)
Fri, 18 Jul 1997 04:12:46 -0400
Message text written by "Karl P. Koenig"
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I have been watching all the concern with gum or gum substitutes. Indeed,
glue may just be glue. But look at the per ounce cost of Gloy versus even
the bloated cost of big volumes of gum arabic obtainable from Daniel Smith
in Seattle or Photographers Formulary. I am inclined to follow the KISS
rule in matters photographical, as elsewhere. Keep It Simple, Stupid. If
one is not getting good results with commercial gum the chances are that
the problem is more easily resolved by looking at something else one are
(or are not) doing, rather than the gum. Karl Koenig
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But that is just the point.
Gloy offers a consistency, richness and ease of use that the lighter
commercial gums do not.
I only came to use Gloy after I had taken the other factors into account.
As to KISS I am a greatr believer in the 'keep it simple' philosophy.
It is perhaps worth adding that keeping it simple means a lot of hard work
to get rid of irrelevent detail so that people can understand what one has
written and act upon it.
It is 'honing' not 'dumbing down'.
Terry King