Re: silly paper wetting question

From: Katharine Thayer ^lt;kthayer@pacifier.com>
Date: 03/19/04-03:39:30 AM Z
Message-id: <405ABFCC.171B@pacifier.com>

Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I've been shrinking paper: magnani pescia, uno, artistico, arches
> aquarelle. I notice that aquarelle becomes transparent and sinks to the
> bottom of the tub. Why would one paper sink and another float? All the
> others float. All are same weight (140 lb).
> Chris

But this puzzles me. I used 140# Arches aquarelle for years and years,
and never had a piece of it either turn transparent or sink. Today's
paper must be quite different from the Arches I knew. This sounds like
how Arches Platine behaved for me when I tried it. Interesting.
kt
Received on Fri Mar 19 11:35:46 2004

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