jeffbuck@swcp.com
Date: 01/29/02-05:10:11 PM Z
Wendy Gollihue <wgolli@flash.net> said:
> Clay and Jeff,
>
> It's me again.
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> I have tried the Rives BFK, Rising Drawing Bristol Plate 2 ply, and the
> Stratmore 500 Bristol plate 2/ply today. I used the same neg. on all three.
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> I had coated them all with 1% OA by the dipping method and hung dry.
>
> 65% humdity today outside.
>
Hi Wendy: My only comment is that I understand brush-coating to be pretty
mandatory w/ BFK.... By the way, I just ordered some Lenox 250 from Daniel
Smith (25 sheets of 22/30 for $25!!). Will report....
> Rives BFK
>
> I used a rod for application had difficulty spreading it. and it soaked up
> the sensitizer. On the 2nd sheet I used enuf sensitizer for 5x7 and finally
> was able to get it spread. The results were less than desirable. Grainy
> and weak dmax.
>
> Rising Drawing.
>
> applied well with the rod. warm tone. the detail is gorgeous. tonal
> range desireable. I like it!! 2 ply seemed to bring the demax out well
> enough. I don't use a step but it seemed to dry down a little lighter.
> Grain fine and Dmax pretty good.
>
> Stathmore 500 2/ply
>
> Applied with a rod and the sensitizer resisted at first.....it did not
> absorb so quickly. But with about 4 pushes it did just fine. I'll admit
> that it was harder to determine the printing time. As a result, I did print
> it a tad dark but the detail in the highlight and shadows shows well. It
> seems to have cooler tones. I really like this one the most. It was a
> river scene that I used for all 3 and the detail in the water reflections
> and the swirls came out beautiful on this paper. Grain fine and DMAX is
> pretty great!
>
> All this kind of makes my Arches Platine prints, from previous printing
> sessions look just kind of okay.
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> Wendy (TX)
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