Loris,
I never had to use plexy support with 11x14 or so prints and had hardly
any problems.
It's not bright white, but not grey either.
It's not the buckling that presents any problem but the absorption. You
have to load it and brush fairly quickly or you could run out of
solution. A glass rod should work very well though I have not tried it.
I just remember that I did not want to use it with Pt/pd because of the
amount of solution it seemed to require. Cyanotype is cheap so...
The front side is very smooth to the point of almost shiny, which may
not be to your liking. And the back side is quite rough.
Sam
On Mar 28, 2006, at 10:36 AM, Loris Medici wrote:
> Thanks Sam. I just ordered some (it's too cheap to refrain from
> ordering it). It looks like it has a cold gray color. I hope it's not
> as dark as shown in Dickblick's page. I plan to make prints sized
> around 9"x12" to 11"x14". Do you think I'll need to use a plexi (or
> such) support in trays?
>
> I guess this paper buckles / becomes wavy when coated; how do you
> manage to coat evenly such thin papers?
>
> Let me admit that I felt strange while ordering a sulphite pulp paper
> after all that stability discussion ;) It seems that I'm not so much
> obsessed with archivality... (I'm saying this thinking sulphite papers
> are not as archival as pure cotton fibre papers - but I can be
> completely wrong...)
>
> TIA,
> Loris.
Received on Tue Mar 28 17:25:44 2006
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