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Re: Homemade paper and Luminos





On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Gary Miller wrote:
> ...I would add an internal sizing like methylcellulose or acrylic
> gel medium or both, and also Kaolin clay to help fill in the surface of the
> final paper a bit.  You could then externally size you paper with
> methylcellulose or gelatin prior to coating with the liquid emulsions.  

Gary, thanks for the rundown on paper, extremely informative, especially
for those of us who haven't made paper. But your comment about adding
kaolin "to fill in the surface" makes me wonder -- could we do that do you
suppose to paper that's rougher than we like for printing?  For instance I
have some Mertin Spiesse, which is a wonderful strong paper from
Hahnemuhl, but coarse. Too coarse, I now decide, but I have a bunch of it.

So what would you use for binder with the kaolin, and how apply?  With a
spatula??  (Or am I dreaming?)

Judy

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