Julian Smart (planetzed@btinternet.com)
Tue, 23 Nov 1999 18:36:24 +0000
Keith,
If you want to overprint a cyanotype with gum, I found it best to preshrink
the paper, coat and expose your cyanotype THEN size with gelatine ready for
the gum layer/s.
Julian.
> From: Keith Gerling <kgerling@ameritech.net>
> To: Alt-Photo-Process-L <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> Subject: Cyanotype Problem
> Date: 23 November 1999 14:54
>
> When attempting to coat sized paper with Ware cyanotype, I am puzzled
that
> the solution seems to be reacting almost immediately upon hitting the
paper,
> turning green and essentially becoming fogged.
>
> I'm using Rives BFK, sized with Knox gelatin and hardened with Glyoxal.
I
> have no problems with non-sized BFK, but as I am intending to overprint
with
> gum, the paper needs to be sized. Any ideas as to what's going on?
>
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