Re: spots and fish eyes

Could easily be uneven sizing - or when you were preshrinking you could have
accidentally abraded the paper. Do you dry between shrinking and sizing? I
always shrink with minimum agitation, then dry, then size (allows even
coating and good uptake of the size). I size pieces of paper individually
in a tray for the initial sizing, then size between coats by brushing and
rolling*.......I've been sizing between coats because I'd rather have
non-stained prints than stained ones and I find this is the best way to
avoid those pesky little spots. It's a pain in the neck but in the long run
much better than throwing prints out.
*initially I brush the gelatine on, then roll it smooth with a foam roller.

cheers
Kate Mahoney

> Good morning all!
> I was wondering what the group consensus is on the cause of fish eyes
> in gum printing? spotty sizing?
> Anyway, there
> are all these black spots all over one side, and a line down thru the
middle
> that looks like water damage. I am very sure it is uneven sizing of the
> Fabriano paper--probably due to operator error in that with my shrinking
of
> the paper I put one too many pieces of paper in my bathtub and did not
> agitate enough, or perhaps it could be manufacturer error. Anyone have a
> similar problem?
> Chris
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Received on Mon Dec 8 13:39:29 2003