From: George L Smyth (glsmyth@yahoo.com)
Date: 09/16/02-06:01:36 AM Z
My normal coating operation involves coating it once, changing direction and
moving the foam brush over it again, then wringing the brush out, changing
direction, then going over it again, then repeating this in the fourth
direction, in an attempt to ensure an even coating. In the example I only
brushed in two directions, since I was just putting together a test strip to
get a general exposure idea.
I will attempt it again with your idea of moving over it with a dry brush
following the initial application. You may be right that the paper could be a
problem, as I don't know of anything else that has changed in my routine.
Cheers -
george
--- Liam Lawless <liam.lawless@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> George,
>
> Looks like a problem I've had, but with finer "pitting" that vaguely
> resembles very coarse reticulation. It occurred for me on Arches Aquarelle
> hot-pressed paper, and I believe it is caused by uneven absorption of the
> sensitiser. The paper you're using may be partly to blame, but maybe you're
> also making it too wet. I got rid of it by slapping on the first coat
> quickly (w/foam brush), then going over it with a dry brush, and then a hair
> dryer. It's not necessary to get it bone dry at this stage, just don't
> allow the paper to stay too wet for too long. After the hair dryer, I give
> a second coat in the same way, and print when thoroughly dry.
>
> At the moment I'm using Arches Platine and have had no problems with it.
> (But it prints a lot more contrasty than other papers.) In my experience,
> papers can vary a bit from batch to batch, so if the same paper has been OK
> for you before, maybe this batch isn't sized quite as well.
>
> Unless someone has another explanation...
>
>
>
> Liam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George L Smyth [mailto:glsmyth@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 16 September 2002 02:02
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Van Dyke Problem
>
>
> I've been doing Van Dyke for quite some time (well, on and off), and have
> come
> across a real problem. I am getting some sort of pitting in my images, and
> I
> can't seem to track down the source of the problem. An example of a test
> strip
> showing this can be found at
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hmpi/Temp/Pitting.jpg.
>
> I am using the standard chemical (the first formula found in Judy's
> publication, volume 1), so there's nothing weird there. I apply with a foan
> brush. I am developing with water for about 3-4 minutes, fixing with a 5%
> sodium thiosulfate solution for about 3 minutes, then washing (I've tried
> using
> and not using PermaWash, without any difference). I am using Arches
> Aquarelle,
> which in the past has worked just fine.
>
> As far as I know, there has been no change in the water.
>
> Does this problem look familiar to anyone? I haven't had this problem in
> the
> past and it first started happening about two months ago. I put everything
> down, as I didn't have time to do any alt process, but returning I am seeing
> the same problem.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers -
>
> george
>
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