From: John Campbell (tojohn@texas.net)
Date: 01/21/02-03:06:17 PM Z
Sandy,
I took the hint from your initial inquiry and have been testing some
different media; here are the high points of what I get, so far:
Denril won't hold up under heavy ink-it warps, wobbles, and whines. Likewise
with most other vellums, with one or two notable exceptions-
Canson Vidalon Vellum prints well, with good separation and tone, provided
you coat it heavily and evenly prior to printing. I use Blair 201 matte
spray. This media is (the vellum, not the spray) very sensitive to skin
oils-wear gloves.
The Absolute Overall Winner is a product called "Computer-GRAFIX 2/side
matte translucent Imaging Film." I bought a 25 sheet pack, 11x17, .003", for
around $20.00 at Herweck's (www.herwecks.com). It appears to be vellum, but
isn't labeled so. This stuff is well behaved-- very dimensionally stable and
not emotionally fragile.
I'll be printing with it all week. If there are any surprises, I'll raise a
flag.
--John
-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy King [mailto:sanking@clemson.edu]
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:25 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
Subject: Re: Kimdura and Denril Multi-Media Vellum
How dimensionally stable is Kimdura/Yupo/Synteape? More than regular
watercolor? As stable as plastics?
What exactly is this material? A plastic or resin coated paper?
BTW, thanks to Dave and John for the previous responses to my earlier
messages requesting sources for Kimdura and Denril Multi-Media Vellum.
Sandy King
>on 3/1/02 10:13 pm, Sandy King at sanking@clemson.edu wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of a good source for purchase of Kimdura and/or
>> Denril Multi-Media Vellum?
>>
>> Sandy King
>>
>>
>Kimdura is the American name for Yupo, in the UK it is called Synteape I
>have used it as a base for my Temperaprint for about ten years an excellent
>product
>
>try http://www.yupo.com/
>
>Pete
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