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TERRY KING (KINGNAPOLEONPHOTO@compuserve.com)
Tue, 04 Nov 1997 12:49:07 -0500

><< Bockingford will stand six coats of gum without any additional sizing.

>Terry, I don't know if I can get Bockingford here in the US. Is it a
>watercolor or printmaking paper? What is the weight and surface?

It works well for both print making and water-colour. It is widely
available in the States. I have a list of stores on the east and west
coasts but nothing in the middle. It is distributed in the US by Steiner
Paper of 145, 40th St Irvington, NJ 07111 212 675 0245 Fax 201 373 4250.
It comes in a 'not' surface in a range of weights up to 300 lb. It is a
buffered wood pulp paper with the lignins removed so it can be described as
'wood free' !

>>> For absolute consistency and putting belt and braces on it I will, for
commercia gum prints, size with a 1% gelatine size between coats.

>And do you harden the size? With glyoxal or formaldehyde?

Never

>> Now I make my prints with acrylics which seem to give even better
results.
>>

>Does that mean you mix acrylic color with gum instead of watercolor with
gum?
>In what sense are the results better? Better in saturation? registration?
>.number of multiple coatings? .....?

With 'Gloy' All those.

>I am still in the very beginning of my experiments w/ gum, so I would
>appreciate any help that will hopefully shorten my experiments before I
can
>get reasonably repeatable results.

It took me a year to get a print that looked like what I had in mind when I
started. I am still learning after twenty-five years.

When I have the new workshop studio running i will get down to the book.

Terry