jeffbuck@swcp.com
Date: 01/15/02-01:18:48 PM Z
Double coating is coating once in the usual manner, drying in the usual
manner, and then coating again in the usual manner. The autorities say you
can cut back a bit from the norm in the volume of solution for each of the two
coats (example: Normal is 22 drops total; coat one is 18 drops, coat two is 18
drops). Sullivan & Weese and Arentz both are skeptical that double coating
actually helps. Some say it improves dmax and maybe offers one or two other
advantages. Arentz allows that it may help with some specific papers, but he
does not discuss BFK. -jeff buckels
Wendy Gollihue <wgolli@flash.net> said:
> 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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