Re: Watercolor pigments - pigments to avoid...

From: TERRYAKING_at_aol.com
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:56:34 -0400 (EDT)
Message-id: <384.768d5ba.31e748a2@aol.com>

In a message dated 12/07/2006 20:58:12 GMT Daylight Time,
mail@loris.medici.name writes:

> - Prepared a 2% gelatine solution (200 Bloom, 15 mins. soak, then heated to
> 50C and stirred)
> - Brushed the solution to a paper evenly, I even made few passes with a
> glass coating rod
> - Dried the paper
> - Hardened (outside) with a formalin solution (15cc to 1.5lt water) time:
> 2mins (*)
>
>

Loris

You heated the gelatine to a point where you destroyed its qualities as a
size..

Forget the formalin.

Terry
Received on 07/13/06-12:57:00 AM Z

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