RE: Van Dyke

Hi Bob,

Glad to know that. My method for double coating is: I do the first coat and
let the paper absorb the emulsion (in other words wait until the paper
doesn't shine when viewed on oblique light). This takes around 3 - 5 minutes
in my environment. Then I use a cold air fan to circulate the air over paper
(makes drying much faster because you get rid of moisture saturated air over
paper). I do the second coating 15 - 20 minutes later (it's 5 + 15 minutes,
not cumulative 15 minutes). I do the second coating much more gently because
I think the paper is more vulnerable/easy to abrade after the first coating
(I may be wrong here - this is just a feeling. I do it that way anyway.). I
use the same drying method for the second coating. I haven't experienced
uneven coating (except for the first few prints) with this method. I use a
cheap soft bristle wash brush for coating. I always rinse the brush in
distilled water before and after coating. I blot the rinsed brush before
coating. Moist (but not wet!) brush doesn't take too much emulsion, that way
I can use much less emulsion to coat paper.

Hope this helps,

Loris.

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From: R E Redman [mailto:Redman@elmet15.freeserve.co.uk]
Sent: 16 Nisan 2005 Cumartesi 16:25
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: Van Dyke

Hi Loris

I tried filtering as you and Rik suggested. It works fine. I was also
interested in your double coating so I tried that as well. It seems to give
much better results, although I have had a few failures from careless
coating. Perhaps being too impatient and not allowing the first coat to dry
enough.

Bob
Received on Sun Apr 17 02:49:56 2005