Re: Sizing paper with gum and dichromate, AND glut

I concur; tried the gum size and it doesn't work for me. Unless you want
pale green highlights. The original question about glut: Maria, is it
pigment stain or overexposure is my question? Your friend may have just
overexposed. If stain, all I can say from practice is 6 ml of 2.5% glut in
1000 ml gelatin is enough to do the hardening.

Speaking of which, be careful about the Black Magic hardener. There seem to
be two different numbers--Maco Geladur and some other thing, and the one I
have is not 2.5% but much stronger. It is to be diluted into a 20% solution
and then diluted 1:20 in your emulsion (or gelatin) mix. So i wonder if
some that have had problems with the Black Magic hardener are diluting the
lower concentrate one that others are using on this list. The box numbers
are different I noticed...but as I am rushing off to school I cannot locate
the box brochure to give the number of the stronger mix. It could be that
they reformulated, too.
Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Loris Medici" <loris_medici@mynet.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 7:32 AM
Subject: RE: Sizing paper with gum and dichromate, was Re: glut

Hi Kees,

But you will still omit the density of the pigment that way...

Regards,
Loris.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kees Brandenburg [mailto:ctb@zeelandnet.nl]
Sent: 15 Aralık 2005 Perşembe 16:26
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Sizing paper with gum and dichromate, was Re: glut

...But why not standardize things a little bit more and size
with gum and expose with your standard printing time through a clear
sheet of printing substrate (or film). I'll give that a try this week...
Received on Thu Dec 15 08:54:53 2005