From: Wendy Gollihue (wgolli@flash.net)
Date: 01/15/02-12:41:35 PM Z
Carl,
Alot of persons around me are using the cranes. I usually go the road less
traveled and experiment at great costs. In this process, i'm wondering if I
should just join the club.
Could you briefly tell me what chemical reactions may be going on?
Thanks alot for your help.
Wendy (TX)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Weese" <cweese@earthlink.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: Papers
|
| > Wendy: Internally sized. Very textured surface -- not good or bad,
just a
| > question of whether you want that or not for a given image. Tough,
heavy
| > paper. YOU HAVE TO "RE-ACIDIFY" IT for pt/pd printing,
|
| Jeff-- is this all in reference to Platine? Or another paper? The back of
| the Platine sheet is rough, but the 'front' side normally used is very
| smooth. I don't find it needs *any* preparation before coating or printing
| other than to work in a fairly humid environment (65% Rh seems ideal for
| this paper). Only thing I don't like about Platine is that the finished
| print is more fragile--easier to abrade with a light touch or by brushing
| against another print--than other papers.
|
| Wendy--leaving coated paper more than a couple hours before exposure isn't
a
| good idea. Chemical reactions are apt to be underway and at the very least
| the consistency of your results may be reduced compared to prompt
printing.
|
| Crane 90# cover Natural White (available directly from the Crane paper
| company website) as well as their AS8111 stationery paper are both very
| nice. I've just recently begun trying Lenox 100 and it seems promising and
| something of a 'best buy' for an all-cotton sheet.
|
| ---Carl
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