February 2004 Alt-Photo-Process-L: Re: Roller for gum (was: Re:

From: Kate Mahoney ^lt;kateb@paradise.net.nz>
Date: 02/02/04-10:17:01 PM Z
Message-id: <013901c3ea0c$9922aec0$5826f6d2@yourif5zypd2xn>

all I know is humidity makes my negs stick to the gum - not the best outcome!!!

Kate
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  Subject: Re: Roller for gum (was: Re: humidity in your darkroom........

I don't do any gum yet, but I wonder if humidified paper would lead to easier coating? And, how much would humidity effect DMax (maybe not so much?), Tonal Range, eveness, etc working with Dichromates? According to Sandy King, it sure does have an affect on Carbon, and Carbon uses dichromates.... hmmmmmmmmmmm

Mark Nelson

In a message dated 1/17/04 2:29:04 PM, kthayer@pacifier.com writes:

    I agree with Dave about humidity having little effect on gum. But I have
    wondered if perhaps humidity might have something to do with the fact
    that coating with a roller doesn't work for me.

    At the time that I reported my failure with the roller, I tried to post
    a jpeg to the Bostick & Sullivan forum, but the upload didn't work, so I
    gave up on it. But while working on my website this morning, I came
    across the jpeg, and now that I know how to FTP things to my ISP's
    server, I thought I may as well put it up for you all to look at.
Received on Mon Feb 2 22:17:56 2004