Re: Polymer Plate 80% screen Weirdness Solved!

Jon

The first day this year I have been right. I am not sure why it works, some
thing about surface to surface contact. (Thank you Mr. Clark high school
Physics back in the mid 60's) As to corn starch why not, I think that it is a
matter of it being a fine powder that will not react with the surfaces. The
J&J container has Talc and fragrance I like my Poly Plates to smell good and
diaper fresh. I would be careful as to how mush you get into the air. Fine
powders are not good for the lungs (but a good Cuban, well?)

Keep us posted on the new plates.

xoxoxox
Jan Pietrzak
 
> From: Jon Lybrook <jon@terabear.com>
> Date: 2004/02/17 Tue AM 07:29:48 GMT
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Polymer Plate 80% screen Weirdness Solved!
>
> Generic Baby Powder did the trick. No more Newton Rings.
>
> As Jan suggested, I covered the plate reasonably well, then dumped it off
> into the sink, tapping the edge a few times to remove most of the powder.
> I then used a wide hake brush to dust it off, front and back until clean
> before carrying the plate into the studio to expose to the screen, then to
> the image.
>
> Thanks again for all the insight and kind encouragement.
>
> Incidentally, I'm trying out some relatively new (?) plates from Box Car
> Press. They are supposed to have no plate tone (that is, residual ink
> left in areas that don't have tone in the original image). The instructor
> at the Denver Art Student's League where I'm taking a class said they were
> worth a try, so I'm trying them! Box Car calls them "EcoEtch gravure
> plates for photogravure", Printight model number KM 73. Has anyone else
> used these?
>
> http://www.boxcarpress.com/cgi-local/shop.pl/page=polymer.htm
>
> Jon
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 17 12:00:05 2004