Re: salted paper and Arches Platine

[Lukas Werth <lukas.werth@rz.hu-berlin.de>]

Joe,

you mention in your salt printing manual that starch would give warmer
tones than gelatine - as it is noted in Reilly and elsehere in the
literature. 

I have made a print on my usual salt paper (Fab. Artistico) which I had
salted with a corn starch solution - normally I do not size this paper at
all, neither do I use gelatine in the salting solution - the heavy sizing
of this paper seems to be adequate for salt). I was after those warmer
colours, but I could see no difference in colour to a salting solution
without addition.

What might have been wrong, how much colour difference is to be expected?

Lukas


At 15:25 24.08.01 -0700, you wrote:
>Lukas,
>
>You can substitute potato starch 1:1 with arrow root.
>
>Joe
>
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>To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
>Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 2:48 PM
>Subject: Re: salted paper and Arches Platine
>
>
>> In a message dated 24/08/01 20:51:29 GMT Daylight Time,
>> lukas.werth@rz.hu-berlin.de writes:
>>
>> > >Arrowroot is found in the spice section of the grocery store. It is
>> >  >used to thicken sauces.
>> >  >
>> >
>> >  Not in the shops I know here in Germany. I only find potato and corn
>> >  starch. When I once asked for arrowroot starch, I was answered: "This
>is an
>> >  alimentary store, you know!"
>> >
>> >  Lukas
>> ........................................
>>  Lukas and List people,
>>                            Arrowroot is sold in pharmacies in England  as
>it
>> is often mixed with warm water or milk and drunk by those with ulcers to
>> sooth the stomach. Also refering to the previous posting the stuff is
>called
>> just "arrowroot".
>>
>> John Grocott- Photographist. London, England
>> http://hometown.aol.co.uk/grafist/myhomepage/artgallery.html
>>
>>
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