Re: salted paper and Arches Platine

[David Barker <dbarker_ca@yahoo.com>]

Because I have struggled with this issue I'll throw my
two-cents in here and agree that this sounds like the
sensitizer is soaking into the paper too much.  I had
trouble with this problem until I began floating
papers to size (corn starch+salt) and sensitize, which
seems to have cleared it up.  However, I did try a
watercolor paper that seemed too absorbant and showed
wetting on the top side while floating in the size, it
didn't produce good prints.  I have not used platine
but have had success with other standard printmakers
papers.  (BTW, floating in sensitizer is primarily to
prevent unevenness due to brush strokes in the final
print - the only way I have found to accomplish this. 
I suspect it doesn't have much of an effect on the
other problem.)

David Barker
--- Lukas Werth <lukas.werth@rz.hu-berlin.de> wrote:
> At 18:11 22.08.01 -0700, you wrote:
> >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
> >
> 
> Joe,
> 
> yes, this may be it. I have so far mostly used
> Fabriano Artistico with no
> additional sizing at all (Fabriano 5 also works). 
> 
> I do not use Tween with salt prints, but I have
> first tried to use Platine
> unsized, then with a corn starch sizing. Both did
> not work. What percentage
> of gelatine do you use for sizing, and do you size
> and salt with one
> solution (as, if I remember correctly, described in
> your manual), of with
> different ones?
> 
> Lukas
> 


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