jeffbuck@swcp.com
Date: 01/30/02-04:00:51 PM Z
Carl [and All],
I assume you're right about this question of the numerical designations. I'm
not at home but am pretty sure my edition of Arentz (which ought to be the
latest, just got month ago from B & S) says something other than "Lenox, from
Parsons", just not 100% sure what (I thought it was "Daniel Smith Lenox
250"??).... BTW, I've had the same issue w/ the delicate surface of Platine.
I've been doing routine spotting w/ a certain kind of pencil in a way Stewart
Melvin taught me. Works dandy, as a rule, very simple and easy, but I've
scuffed some Platine surface doing this. -jeff buckels
Carl Weese <cweese@earthlink.net> said:
> Jeff,
>
> The stuff I'm working with from Kinsella is labeled Lenox 100. Don't know
> what may be different about '250'. That may just be a reference by Smith to
> the weight. 250 gram designation is the same as 90#. I just checked and
> Arentz only refers to it as 'Lenox, from Parsons' with neither 100 nor 250
> in the name.
>
> The Lenox is the same nominal weight as Crane 90# cover but is
> thicker--higher loft--and acts heavier. The surface has more texture,
> similar to Crane's Kid Finish papers. Color is similar to Crane natural
> white but it *prints* cooler in color. That is the mid-tones of a palladium
> print are more neutral than you'd expect looking at the base color, nearly
> as cool as much whiter-based Platine. It is nice and tough in wet handling.
> A bit more absorbent than some other papers; I'm using 32 drops for an 8x10
> while 28 is plenty for Platine. It is certainly not immune to "specks" but
> the batch I've got is showing relatively little of this. Tonal progressions
> are, as advertised extremely smooth. Contrast is a bit lower than Platine.
>
> The finished print surface seems very rugged. I've had a problem with
> Platine ending up with a fragile finished print surface that nearly needs to
> be handled like a charcoal or pastel drawing. The Lenox seems quite immune
> to scuffing or abrasion.
>
> Oh, it crashed and burned when I tried to coat it up for a cyanotype.
>
> ---Carl
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> ----------
> >From: jeffbuck@swcp.com
> >To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> >Subject: Re: WHICH LENNOX?
> >Date: Wed, Jan 30, 2002, 3:30 PM
> >
>
> > Daniel Smith sells Lenox 250. I just ordered 25 sheets of 22x30 for $25.
> > This paper is given very high marks by Arentz & Schreiber.... BTW, I'll be
> > printing a negative this weekend which I previously printed on Platine and
> > will report to the List. -jeff buckels
> >
>
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