Fran Engelcke (fran@engelcke.com)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 13:45:43 -0800
My paper comes from Daniel Smith in Seattle. I buy it in small quantities
(5) large sheets at a time and cut it down myself so my stuff is new about
once a month. I checked in their catalog and they are marketing "Rives BFK"
and "Rives BFK Heavyweight". They describe the main difference as Hvywt
having more sizing and (3) deckle edges vs.. (4) on the standard. They have
a website at www.danielsmith.com.
Please advise.
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: Monday, February 15, 1999 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: Rives BFK
>
>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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