Re: "speckling" v "staining " (was New Orleans/glut)

Judy Seigel wrote:
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> And though I haven't compared it to glut, I suppose I'd know "grit" if I
> met it. None yet.
>
> Possibly different sources, formulations, qualities, of glyoxal... or of
> everything else ? Or maybe it's something else in your combo.

Yesterday morning I pulled out every piece of glutaraldehyde-sized paper
and every piece of glyoxal-sized paper from my flat file, mixed them all
up and felt them with my eyes shut, trying to tell the difference by the
feel. In *my* shop, there is no difference between the two in terms of
perceived smoothness; there is simply no grit with either type of
hardener. I felt them with my fingertips, with the inside of my wrist,
with my face; by no means could I feel any grit on my glyoxal-sized
papers. The Fabriano EW I would agree with Chris feels like a baby's
bottom, sort of dimpled and soft, but the Arches Bright White is
smoother; it's as smooth as Yupo when sized with glyoxal. I don't have
either paper sized in glutaraldehyde, but it's hard to imagine that
either sized in glutaraldehyde could be any smoother.
Katharine
Received on Tue Sep 6 08:49:13 2005