From: Jeff Buck (jeffbuck@swcp.com)
Date: 12/31/02-06:32:17 PM Z
Thanks, Sandy. Have you -- or anybody else out there -- tried to apply
add'l sizing to Stonehenge? -jb
At 07:13 PM 12/31/2002 -0500, Sandy King wrote:
>Jeff,
>
>I like Stonhenge a lot and it has become my comparative paper. Clears
>easily, very white surface, and excellent wet strength. And the three
>batches I have purchased over the past two years have given very
>consistent results. And it has a nice pebbly surface. The only
>disadvantage, and this may not be one for you depending on what kind of
>look you are after, is that it is not as well sized as some of the plate
>surface papers, consequently detail is not quite as high.
>
>Sandy
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>>How do you like Stonehenge, as a rule? -jb
>>
>>At 06:07 PM 12/31/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>>OK, I did the Everclear tests with kallitype, using as comparison papers
>>>Stonhenge White Rising and Lenox. I made prints from a step wedge with
>>>each paper, using 1 drops of Everclear per 2 ml of sensitizer for one
>>>set, no Everclear for the other set.
>>>
>>>Result:
>>>1) Stonhense and Lenox behaved almost the same in terms of contrast and
>>>speed. The Lenox prints had a slightly higher Dmax, and somewhat finer detail.
>>>
>>>2) No streaking with any of the prints, with or without Everclear.
>>>
>>>3) Stonhenge cleared faster, but Lenox also cleared completely with
>>>about twice the amount of time.
>>>
>>>With these preliminary results I made two 7X17 prints on Lenox, using
>>>4ml of sensitizer per print. One paper was sensitized with 2 drops of
>>>Everclear added to the sensitizer, the other had none. Exposure and
>>>development same from from here on out, and both prints were toned with
>>>a pt/pd mixture.
>>>
>>>Results: Nice prints both. Both have even tones with no streaking. Maybe
>>>there is slightly better gradations in the one with Everclear but if so
>>>the difference is very subtle and I would need more tests to verify. But
>>>for certain the Everclear caused no problem.
>>>
>>>OK, with these mixed results here is the question. If the guests drink
>>>all of my expensive whiskey this evening would it be ok for me to have a
>>>nightcap with the Everclear, or should I save it for making prints?
>>>
>>>
>>>Happy New Year to all.
>>>
>>>Sandy King
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