From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 12/11/01-10:15:18 PM Z
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Keith Gerling wrote:
> of the dichromate. To answer your questions, no I don't use platinum or
> palladium for the CMYK prints, and yes I have tried. Maybe if I ever develop
> a market for these things, I could afford to do that. But it just seems to
> be a shame (and fiscally irresponsible) to cover a large sheet of paper with
> precious metals and then flush all but a pittance down the drain. Besides,
> in the course of making multiple coat gum prints problems with clearing and
> registration, etc. take their toll, causing quite a few to wind up in the
> trash. With kallitype (which I prefer over Van Dyke due to the greater
> control over tone), the loss in these cases can be easily absorbed. There
> doesn't seem to be any true consensus on the permanence issue of kallitype
> and Van Dyke brown.
You could also palladium-tone a kallitype, which makes a good blackish
color... an extra step of course. So palladium tone a VDB, which is 3
steps quicker than a kalli. And if you tell dealer it's a PLATINUM TONED
anything, they'll be delirious.
J.
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