From: Thor Bols (thorbols@hotmail.com)
Date: 11/05/00-01:38:34 PM Z
Where was the Izu exhibit? Do you know if its still up?
>From: ARCHIVAL PRINTS <archivalprints@home.com>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: pre-wash Arches Platine for Pt/Pd printing?
>Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 14:09:27 -0500
>
>Repeated frustration with graining problems using Arches Platine led me
>to abandon this paper for Pt/Pd printing until I saw an exhibit of Kenro
>Izu's beautiful Cambodian Temple prints. Apparently he pre-washes
>Arches Platine in water, dries it and then coats it etc.
>
>I have tried this with great results (almost as good as with Crane's
>Platinotype) but this renders a time consuming process even more so (5
>two minute washes followed by screen drying prior to coating).
>
>I print Crane's Platinotype (mostly from 16X20 enlarged negatives) using
>glass rod coating initially to spread the sensitizer solution followed
>by completing the job with a soft watercolor wash brush. Results with
>this method on this paper are uniformly excellent. My lab is temperature
>and humidity controlled (always 50-55% RH) and therefore the environment
>is ideal and consistent year round.
>
>Are there any suggestions/tricks/techniques regarding coating to deal
>with the graining issue with Arches Platine? Does it depend on what
>developer one uses (potassium oxalate or ammonium citrate?). What are
>your experiences with this paper and how have you made it work for you?
>
>Regards from the frozen north,
>Mark Nowaczynski,
>Toronto, Canada
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