Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 13:49:03 -0500 (EST)
Fran -- there's Rives BFK & Rives Heavyweight, but so as far as I know not
a Rives BFK Heavyweight. To make things more complicated, the Heavyweight
is actually *lighter* than the BFK. I don't have a "Heavyweight" on hand,
but the real Rives BFK has the watermark "Rives BFK. The "heavyweight" may
not (as I recall) have any watermark at all.
Sometimes by the way, stores don't know the difference, and sell you the
Heavyweight when you ask for the BFK. Both, I gather, are very good for
gum, but in my own experience, when working large, the BFK has more
stability for re-register. It may also have more wet-strength, which is
also a factor with a large wet sheet. But if yours is the BFK, when did
you buy it? (The story I got may be just a whimsy of a student who soaked
it in crankcase oil, or something.)
Meanwhile, congrats on the 4-color.... Isn't it a lark?
Judy
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Fran Engelcke wrote:
> I use Rives BFK Heavyweight (as recommended in Issue #1) and have even
> soaked it overnight just fine. This has been on the fourth color of a CMYK
> gum.
>
> Fran
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999 11:35 PM
> Subject: Rives BFK
>
>
> >
> >I heard from a student that Rives BFK has changed its manufacturing
> >process and that the new paper disintegrates in a long soak.
> >
> >Has anyone used new BFK for gum? Any comments?
> >
> >Judy
> >
>
>
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