Re: Black Spots in Ziatype

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From: Don Bryant (dsbryant@telocity.com)
Date: 06/04/01-05:10:13 AM Z


Neal,

I don't coat a lot of Ziatypes with a brush but when I do I clear the brush
in HCA followed by a thorough wash.

Hope this helps.

Don Bryant

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neal Oshima" <noshima@evoserve.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: Black Spots in Ziatype

> I'm having the same trouble with a batch of Arches Platine purchased
> recently from Profoto Paris. Its the first time I've had trouble with
> Platine but I'm told that some regular users give it a prewash as part of
> their normal printing procedure. Sounds like a lot of work but it is
> beautiful paper.
> Thinking about the spots, I began to wonder if my brush cleaning procedure
> was adequate or was I getting some contamination from the brushes. I have
> heard of people using a clearing solution to clean their brushes with. Has
> anyone had any experience with EDTA or sulfite as a brush cleaner?
> Neal
>
> > From: dsbryant@telocity.com
> > Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> > Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 08:51:44 -0700
> > To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> > Subject: Re: Black Spots in Ziatype
> >
> >> The other night I tried to make around five ziatypes from the same
negative.
> >> Of these, three were spoiled by a tiny black mark on a light area of
the
> >> print.
>
>


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