Re: Sizing Paper for Pt/Pd (was Re: The Gum Project)
Gasparinho (nop51076@mail.telepac.pt)
Mon, 28 Jul 1997 23:29:40 +0100
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>From: Terry King <KINGNAPOLEONPHOTO@compuserve.com>
>Subject: Re: Sizing Paper for Pt/Pd (was Re: The Gum Project)
>To: Tom Ferguson <tomf2468@pipeline.com>
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>Message text written by Tom Ferguson
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>While I ran out of "vision" on my Gum/Palladium project, I can't help but
>be curious. I think I put the palladium down first becuase it made the
>future registration of the negative easiest! What advantage do you get in
>putting the palladium down last?
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>Tom
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>While it is claimed that gum platinum prints ninety years ago were made so
>that the gum could give good blacks to platinum/palladium prints, I have
>always found it difficult to believe as platinum is the medium that
>gives the good blacks. That is one reason why I put the platinum/palladium
>coat on second so that the gum layer will not hide the rich blacks of the
>platinum. Another reason is to give the gum print delicacy of detail in the
>highlights, say white lace on a pale background, which is very difficult to
>achieve with gum by itself. That delicacy would also be obscured if the gum
>were put over the pt/pd.
>
>Terry king
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Same approach also works very well with kallitypes.
Carlos Gasparinho
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