Chris,
Congratulations... nice work. I especially was fond of Sleeping Beauty Kudzu
—brought back fond memories of South Carolina... Kudzu, Civil War statues,
kudzu, grits, nail styling salons, Confederate flags, mosquitoes, humidity,
scorpions, Civil War statues, copperheads, hair styling salons, humidity, grits,
wild dog packs, humidity, kudzu on Civil War Statues, black widow spiders,
Civil War statues, Confederate flags...
Oh, Sam & Sandy!
hehehehehe
Mark Nelson
In a message dated 3/25/04 7:49:53 PM, zphoto@bellsouth.net writes:
> Hi all,
> Let me describe my first experience with glutaraledhyde. I used 6 ml
> of 2.5% to 1000 ml of gelatin 3%. The glut is very clear, no yellowing.
> When I brushed the sizing on the paper, I did a bunch of sheets and then
> freaked because I noticed it wasn't sinking in, so I thought I had hardened
> the gelatin too much and maybe ruined the paper. I threw the rest of the
> gelatin out, and mixed up a fresh batch with glyoxal instead and finished
> off the rest of the sheets with that. Then, when the paper was dry, it all
> looked exactly the same, so I obviously overreacted. The good thing is I
> have an extensive batch now of both kinds of sizing made at the same time,
> side by side. However, the glut was only sized once, and the glyoxal sizing
> was brushed on twice.
> Upon use, the paper works just fine. I coated and exposed it side by
> side, same neg, same paper, same gum mix, and I cannot tell a difference
> between the papers in looks or performance. So far, therefore, glut looks
> equally as good as glyoxal, even one layer instead of two, but as Katharine
> said a while back, how would I know, really? It *seems* to behave similarly
> to glyoxal, but that is as scientific as I can get.
> However, it may be that 6ml of 2.5% glut is a bit overkill for 1000ml
> gelatin, or maybe not.
> When either sizes are brushed on and dried, the paper keeps its soft,
> velvety feel. No gloss of gelatin which I find with the soaking of the
> paper in gelatin and the formaldehyde hardening method (a real pain in the
> arse).
> These are preliminary findings, if anything changes I'll stop the
> press.
> One last thing: Ed Buffaloe has put some of my gum prints, and a short
> description I wrote about them, online at Unblinkingeye.com so you can see
> my tricolor gums and also read how they are made. Thanks Ed, for doing
> this! It is so nice to have some work online so you guys can realize I walk
> the talk, so to speak...
> Chris
>
Received on Thu Mar 25 23:18:21 2004
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