From: Sam Wang (stwang1@bellsouth.net)
Date: 09/24/03-01:36:46 PM Z
Darryl,
These were mostly stored in metal file drawers.
I did notice that the Arches papers were slightly discolored (to a tan) at the exposed
edges in addition to losing sizing.
What I wonder is how inert are the papers we use. If they change in property in storage
BEFORE use, would they not also do so afterwards?
(So Darryl, the dilemma may be: to use them before they change, or see them change
after being printed. Yikes!)
Sam
> From: "Baird, Darryl" <dbaird@umflint.edu>
> Date: 2003/09/24 Wed PM 03:09:17 EDT
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: RE: old Cranes paper gone bad WAS RE: Van Dykes
>
> Sam, sorta interesting (and distressing news since I am storing some
> vast quantities of several papers bought with a grant). Were these
> stored in metal or wooden cabinets? I once had an alt-p. class that
> used BFK for an entire semester. As we got closer to the bottom of the
> paper stack (and the end of the semester) several students previously
> good images failed to get the same contrast or clear highlights. We
> looked for causes and finally assumed the unpainted wooden shelf was
> leaching formaldehyde or whatever was used to make the plywood. I now
> use either a good barrier layer of acid free paper or plastic sheets
> to stack paper onto.
>
> My oldest paper is only three years old, still a toddler.
>
> Darryl
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