From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 09/26/03-10:23:21 PM Z
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Kate Mahoney wrote:
> I printed the negs, oiled them lightly on the back with canola oil using a
> brush, left them overnight to soak up the oil and then blotted them off.
> I've been storing these ones in copysafe pockets ever since, (about 3-4
> months) and they show no signs of deterioration whatsoever. The cost is much
> less than an inkjet neg. As I'm on a student budget, this is very good news!
Kate, I'm intrigued by your storing the oiled negs in copysafe pockets...
could you describe them more exactly? When I tested oiled paper negs, I
found that they started drying out, curve changing, growing denser, by the
second day.... so I decided they should be beeswaxed, which is more
trouble, but pretty permanent. BUT, if the copysafe pocket, whatever it
is, keeps them... great !!! (Did you check by densitometer or just find
that the negs printed the same?)
Judy
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