Re: humidity in your darkroom........

I've never seen humidity have any significant effect on gum emulsions, other
than taking longer for the coating to dry. Humidity does have a huge effect
on the dimensions of the paper and the ability to re-register negative to
paper. But there are a few tricks to get around that problem.

Dave in sunny and dry Wyoming

----- Original Message -----
From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com>

(snip)
> Meanwhile, tho I haven't tested scientifically, my sense of gum is that
> LESS humidity doesn't bother it, heat & humidity together do. but then I
> remember Keith Gerling saying he REALLY humidified his gums before
> exposing.. tho on 2nd thought that was for register.
>
Received on Mon Jan 12 20:58:33 2004