From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 02/16/00-07:48:29 PM Z
Dave, I know you said it but my brain was on low last week -- would you
tell us again why you use alum rather than glyoxal? It's probably
cheaper, but the amounts used (of glyyoxal) are small. Have you tried the
glyoxal? If not, I surely wish you would -- would be great to have a
comparison.
Judy
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 FotoDave@aol.com wrote:
> Thanks to all who responded to my post on unsizing paper. Last week I was so
> desperate as nothing seemed to work. Now I seem think I have found the
> problem. I need to wait a few days with the gelatin+alum size for it to
> harden enough. I *never* had this problem before probably it just so happened
> that most of the time I printed a few days after I size my paper so it went
> unnoticed. Now (after a week) even the "bad" paper seems to be working
> beautifully.
>
> For those who have asked me (offlist) about the size I use and whom I have
> replied, if you decide to try the gelatin+alum size, please wait a few days
> (maybe a week would be even better) before you use the paper. I guess
> humidity and other parameters might affect the hardening, so for your case it
> might work the first day, but it might be better to wait a little.
>
> Then for those who are waiting for my SDC samples, sorry for the wait. Among
> all things, I never expected this to be a problem since I never had any
> sizing problem since the first day I tried direct carbon (which was gum in my
> case). Since paper just became "ok" in today's tests, I will wait 1-2 more
> days for the sized paper to harden further and then make the print. Thank you
> very much for your patience and understanding!!!
>
>
> Dave Soemarko
>
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