Re: Shopping for a hardener

On Jan 19, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Katharine Thayer wrote:
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> It's clear from the history and present state of gum printing that
> every master gum printer has had a different approach to sizing. I
> started out sizing, then when I realized I didn't need to, didn't
> size for years, and now I'm sizing again since I like Arches bright
> white and that paper is a victim of the inconsistencies in internal
> sizing that have plagued Arches papers for the last few years. But
> any size I've tried on the Arches has worked fine, and I personally
> don't think gum is so sensitive that it really matters what size
> you use; it's not necessary to apply the fine standards for gum
> that Ryuji uses for his own work. I think you'll find that almost
> any kind of size you can name is used very effectively by some
> master gum printer.

And I've just heard privately from someone who uses casein as a size
for gum, and says it works well. That's a new one on me, but the
tricolor picture he sent me looks like it does work well.
Katharine
Received on Thu Jan 19 15:38:39 2006