From: Jack Fulton (jfulton@itsa.ucsf.edu)
Date: 04/24/02-08:43:34 AM Z
First let your paper soak in warm (100ºF) water.
Place on glass and squeegee lightly.
Tape edges to glass (of course, glass and paper ought to be near dry)
Allow to dry.
then coat twice w/cyano chemistry.
OR
Allow paper to soak.
Blot.
Let dry.
Flatten in dry mount press.
Coat
Jack Fulton
> From: shannon stoney <sstoney@pdq.net>
> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:27:13 -0500
> To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Subject: problem with double coating for cyanotypes
>
> I have been having a problem when I try to put two coats of cyanotype
> solution on certain paper: it buckles really badly after the first
> coat while it's drying, so that it's hard to get the second coat on
> evenly. This only happens with Crane's Platinotype, which is a sort
> of thin paper. But I like it because it is very smooth and thus good
> for portraits. The Arches Platine doesn't buckle so much, but it
> makes faces look a bit mottled.
>
> The way I dry between coats is, I put the coated paper, which is
> taped to a stiff board, under the vents over my sink. They dry
> pretty fast that way. I wonder if it would be better to let them dry
> without air moving over them so fast?
>
> --shannon
> --
>
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