Re: white specks on cyanotypes

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From: garimo (omirag@cruzio.com)
Date: 07/10/01-12:41:14 AM Z


>I am getting these tiny white spots on my cyanotypes all of a sudden. It's
>as if in some places, the emulsion is not sticking to the paper. I don't
>think it's dust on the glass as I'm pretty careful to clean the glass. This
>problem just suddenly appeared this week. The only possibilities I can think
>of is that it might have to do with the solutions aging, or being exposed to
>hot weather, or the intense humidity affecting the way the emulsion is going
>on the paper. Any ideas?
>
>--shannon

In the past, I learned that if I left a print unattended
soaking/floating in wash water, it developed white spots... but not
when I pushed it around and made sure it was evenly submersed.

garimo


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