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Re: salted paper and Arches Platine



I have used Platine without any problems. Without looking, it almost sounds
like your solutions are soaking too deep into the paper. Try a hard gelatine
size and do not use any Tween or other surfactant.

Joe Portale
Tucson, AZ


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lukas Werth" <lukas.werth@rz.hu-berlin.de>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:29 AM
Subject: salted paper and Arches Platine


> I have just tried to bring Arches Platine paper into service for salt
> prints, but did not succeed. I get a printout obscured by a course grain,
> seen even in the darkest/border areas, and in the middle of the paper
white
> freckles gather. I tried coating without size, and with corn starch as a
> size: no success.
>
> Do other people successfully produce salt prints with Platine, and if yes,
> how?
>
>
> Lukas
>