Hamish,
I have gum prints I made in 1967 that were not cleared in any way. They
appear fine today.
Jack
> From: Hamish Stewart <hamish.stewart@gumphoto.demon.co.uk>
> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:02:50 +0100
> To: Alt Photo List <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> Subject: GUM PRINTING QUESTION
>
> Hello to all the gum printers on the list!
>
> I have a question related to clearing of the dichromate stain at the end of
> the final printing.
>
> Does the clearing increase the archival properties of gum prints or is the
> clearing process essentially to remove any residual dichromate stain?
>
> I have undertaken the clearing process as a matter of course though I have
> not run into any issues with any noticeable dichromate stain for some time.
> Can I safely omit this step?
>
> Regards from sunny London
>
> Hamish Stewart Gum Bichromate Photographer - http://www.gumphoto.co.uk
>
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Received on Tue Aug 9 13:43:20 2005
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