Re: Tri-Color Gum Exposure and Development

davidhatton wrote:
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> Hi Katherine,
>
> Following on from that. Do you use the same amount of dichromate for
> each pigment?

Yes. (for a longer answer see my page "How I Print Gum," the opening
section and "coating and exposure")

http://www.pacifier.com/~kthayer/html/method.html

Katharine

>
> Regards
>
> David H
>
> Katharine Thayer wrote:
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> >Dave Rose wrote:
> >
> >
> >>When I'm printing gum (tri-color or otherwise) I'll vary exposure and
> >>development times as needed. Each pigment is different, so you'll have to
> >>experiment to get best results. Using the same exposure and development for
> >>all layers would be a good place to start. Then make changes to get the
> >>desired effect.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >This is of course excellent advice. Since almost without exception, all
> >my tricolors have been done with the same three pigments, it may be that
> >I just picked three pigments that happen to work well with the same
> >exposure and development.
> >kt
> >
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> >
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Received on Sat Jul 2 12:16:42 2005