From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 03/03/03-10:37:50 PM Z
On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Jack Brubaker wrote:
> got too much size. I did'nt realize the problem until I was painting the the
> gum solution on the paper and noticed the fish-eyes forming in the coating.
> In the past I've just done the best I could to smooth the gum with repeated
> brushing as it dried and hoped for the best. In most cases if I've seen
> fish-eyes as I coated the gum would fall off during developement. This time
> I used a small (1 1/2" square) cut-off of regular green kitchen scotch-brite
> on the wet emulsion. It's small size didn't use up much gum. I rubbed
> gently, pushing the gum around until the sizing was scuffed enough to stop
> the fish-eyes from forming, brushed the emulsion smooth, and hung the paper
> up to dry. It printed fine.
Hi Jack, now I've got two items from the super market to look for --
Scotch brite and Future. The trouble is our city supermarkets can be
woefully inadequate compared to a *real* American supermarket. (A friend
of mine buys a quart of Swanson chicken broth upstate for $1.29... we have
only the "organic" kind, for $3.69. So who knows what I'll find.) So far
I've treated the gum problem you describe with a couple of drops of 50%
Tween 20, which works very well. I'd rather do it without "additives," but
if you have an underneath coat that's a bit fragile -- wouldn't that
Scotch Brite be risky?
cheers,
Judy
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