From: Jeff Buck (jeffbuck@swcp.com)
Date: 12/31/02-10:42:37 AM Z
Don: (1) Smoother coating; (2) restricting absorption more toward the
surface of the paper. This is my thinking. Anyhow, it seems to help. No,
not always the same amount, but I do use that 1 drop of 50% solution with
both 5x7 and 7-inch diameter round images. -jb
At 10:34 AM 12/31/2002 -0500, Don Bryant wrote:
>Jeff,
>
> > 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....
>
>If I remember correctly I think his reference was using it for gum coating.
>
> > I guess I use a drop of 50%
> > grain alcohol in every pt/pd coating these days.
>
>So would that be a drop for any size print or a drop per 2ml emulsion for an
>8x10 print?
>
>Does the grain alcohol provide better absortion into the paper or does it
>help the coating dry faster? What is the positive benefit for pt/pd
>printing?
>
>Don Bryant
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