Re: Chrome alum sizing

From: Gary Nored ^lt;gnored@centurytel.net>
Date: 08/22/05-07:06:33 PM Z
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I'm surprised its finicky. I've been just tossing a cap of
Illford hardener into the tray and going with it. Seems to
work ok ....

Gary

> Hi,
> I didn't get any feed back so I went back to the list files
> since 1996 and did not find too much on chrome alum ratio's
> sizing. Just sideline comments. As a conclusion it sounds
> that Jill is right to add a 2 per 1000, somewhere else I
> found other people working up to 5 per 1000 and others went
> down to 1 per 1000. Usually people don't like it when
> working with gum bichromate (increasing chrome component and
> staining) and truly the sized paper doesn't look smooth and
> sometimes even dirty. It looks that PVA has a better future
> against this old chemical mainly on large prints. Giovanni
>

Regards,
Gary Nored
http://home.centurytel.net/Gary_Nored/
Received on Mon Aug 22 19:06:52 2005

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