Re: Desk top paper negatives - wax?

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From: mark dungan (pinholeman@hotmail.com)
Date: 01/28/01-03:17:03 PM Z

>From: Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: Re: Desk top paper negatives - wax?
>Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 15:42:08 -0500 (EST)
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>On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Chris Read wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > What sort of wax have people forund to be best for making paper
> > negatives transparent? I've tried cooking oil, wiped nearly dry, but
> > of course it tends to make a hell of a mess on the cover glass!!!
> >
>
>
>Parrafin. (Or is that Paraffin?) That's the solid kind used for jam tops
>in US not liquid kind used for laxative (or whatever) in UK. It's been
>covered in past on the list, also full instructions for various ink types
>in Post-Factory #4.
>
>Judy
>
I, personally, have used linseed oil to 'wax' my negatives. The one downside
is that you should wait a week before printing with them in order to allow
the oil to dry.

pinholeman
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