From: Dave Rose (cactuscowboy@bresnan.net)
Date: 10/09/03-09:12:03 PM Z
It's impossible to know what these prints looked like 100 years ago when
they were made. The few very old gum-over prints I've seen have been
beautiful, with no obvious sign of degradation. All of the gum prints I've
made over the past 15 years still look as fresh as the day they were made.
Dave in Big Wonderful Wyoming
----- Original Message -----
From: <mmatusz@pdq.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:34 AM
Subject: Gum over Palladium/Platinum
> After an excellent demo that Clay has done at Houston's gathering last
> week I am ready to put gum over my palladium and chrysotypes. My question
> to the list has to do with the permanency of it. I know you can pick
> pigment that do not fade, but what about the gum matrix itself. Does it
> yellow with age? Have people examined prints that are gum over platinum
> that are 50 to 100 years old? DO they hold to the passage of time as well
> as pure palladium or platinum prints.
> Marek
>
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