From: Jeff Buck (jeffbuck@swcp.com)
Date: 12/31/02-02:40:11 PM Z
Sandy: I've never had a benefit worth writing about from Tween. The grain
alcohol, on the other hand, is helpful, as discussed in other notes. -jb
At 02:35 PM 12/31/2002 -0500, Sandy King wrote:
>Don wrote:
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>> > I seem to get less streaking and a more even coat. It may be wishful
>>> seeing, but it doesn't seem to hurt either. The brand of Everclear I
>> > use is called 'Rabbits Foot Lucky Placebo'
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>Everclear is available at most liquor stores in South Carolina by the name
>Everclear. It is 200 proof, or very close to it, grain alcohol. I suspect
>most liquor stores everywhere have something similar.
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>>And what about using alcohol in other processes such as VDB, cyanotype or
>>ziatypes?
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>I have not had any streaking issues with VDB or kallitype with the papers
>that I use. On the other hand, I recall that Carl Weese mentioned that he
>got some streaking with kallitype on Lenox paper. I now have some Lenox
>paper so I am going to test it by adding a few drops of Everclear to the
>sensitizing solution to see how it works as compared to the sensitizer
>with no Everclear.
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>I guess my question for those with some experience with both Everclear and
>Tween would be how do they compare. Does one substitute for the other?
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>Sandy King
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