RE: My papyrus adventures

Kate, Drafting Tape is a low tack masking tape; opaque, off white like
interior/exterior painters use. It comes in various widths 1/2" to 1". It
normally will lift off without a problem but there are paper that it still
sticks to and may damage when you try and pull it up. You may look up 3M
Tapes in there product line.

Eric

Eric Neilsen Photography
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kate M [mailto:kateb@paradise.net.nz]
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 5:59 AM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Subject: RE: My papyrus adventures
>
> Thanks Eric, that sounds good, but I don't have an NZ translation for
> drafting tape......is it the almost clear tape that librarians use for
> fixing books? We call it magic tape here; it's repositionable. I tried the
> mounting tissue/aluminium plate combo a few years ago but that all ended
> in
> tears - the mounting tissue I could get wouldn't DISmount. My troubles
> were
> with coating silver emulsion on 300gsm watercolour paper, which tends to
> buckle unevenly when coated. I tried the framer's tape solution, but I
> like
> to leave the deckle edge on the paper. I was most displeased that my
> lecturer at the time didn't tell me that the tape wasn't removable! As I
> was
> enlarging, I wasn't using a contact frame. I finally came up with a "Heath
> Robinson" solution - de-tacked double-sided sellotape on masonite, which
> was
> sticky enough to hold the paper but not so sticky as to tear it when
> removed.
>
> If you haven't heard of W Heath Robinson,
> http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/whrobin.htm I'm sure you would love his
> imaginary contraptions.
>
> Regards
> Kate
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