Re: WHICH LENNOX?

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From: Carl Weese (cweese@earthlink.net)
Date: 01/30/02-06:21:54 PM Z


Clay,

Good idea, but no. I've tried every possible drying regimen and it ends up
like charcoal on paper. This may have to do with my water supply (it does
funky things to gelatin silver emulsions) but I'm interested in whether
others find the same fragile surface problem, or not.

---Carl

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---------- >From: clay <wcharmon@wt.net> >To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca >Subject: Re: WHICH LENNOX? >Date: Wed, Jan 30, 2002, 5:09 PM >

> Carl wrote: > > 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. > > Carl: > > I haven't really noticed this. How are you drying it after coating? With > heat and forced air, moving ambient air, what? Just wondering if the time it > takes the sensitizer to soak in may be a factor in fragility with Platine. > > Clay


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