From: Jeff Buck (jeffbuck@swcp.com)
Date: 12/31/02-09:25:04 AM Z
Carl & Clay: The first I can recall anybody mentioning the use of grain
alcohol (Everclear), in alt printing anyhow, was Stuart Melvin. I think
Stuart told me he'd seen a reference to the use of same in somebody's like
turn-of-the-century account of a process.... I guess I use a drop of 50%
grain alcohol in every pt/pd coating these days. -jb
At 10:17 AM 12/31/2002 -0500, Carl Weese wrote:
>Oh, *that* stuff!
>
>Great excuse.
>
>---Carl
>--
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> and workshop information at:
>
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>
>----------
> >From: Clay <wcharmon@wt.net>
> >To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> >Subject: Re: Papers for Platinum Printing
> >Date: Tue, Dec 31, 2002, 9:48 AM
> >
>
> > Yep. Seems to make the coating go on more smoothly, and it disperses it
> > evenly on the paper. Plus if things go badly, you can always take a
> > nip, and things don't seem so bad after all...
> >
> > Clay
> > On Tuesday, December 31, 2002, at 08:46 AM, Carl Weese wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>> about about 4 drops of distilled water per 2ml
> >>> of sensitizer/metal, plus a drop or two of everclear.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Everclear"??
> >>
> >> ---Carl
> >>
> >
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