I'm a german bromoil worker, member in the GESELLSCHAFT FUER PHOTOGRAPHISCHE
EDELDRUCKVERFAHREN, Cologne (german assosiation of alt-photo-process-workers), up
to now I used Kentmere Art Document to produce bromoil-prints although it isn't a
real bromoil paper.
Looking for a usefull bromoil-paper I tested yesterday Caswell & Caswell new
bromoil-paper, which was offered me.
But I was very disappointed by the results: the matrix of the bleached paper
doesn't swell. No relief could be realized although the temperature of the
swelling bath came to 40, 45 and 52 degrees C. and a soacking time between 10 and
15 minutes. The inking process after was very difficult because the matrix
refuged the pigment. Only a soft etching ink mixed with the Ivory Soft Black ink
(produced by David W. Lewis) was in the position to build up a slack picture with
a low contrast and
a greasy looking.
I'm shure that there was no source of error in developing, fixing or bleaching.
Tests, made by a colleague, wellknown german bromoil worker, produced the same
results.
Can somebody help?
Wolfgang Maus