RE: Papers for Argyrotype

Thanks again Sam,

It seems that the paper has considerable wet strength.

About the absorbtion issue: maybe one can try Jeffrey's "quasi double
coat" method... Adding equal amnt. of distilled water to coating soln.
and then brush it in two successive passes (waiting a couple of minutes
between).

Someone kindly sent scans of his prints on this paper and I noticed many
many white fibers - it seems that even if the paper is absorbent in
general, some individual fibers exhibit absorption problems.

I'm waiting DickBlick's international shipment fee confirmation, will
try the paper if it's not too high. Otherwise, what I saw/read is enough
to keep me away from it.

Thanks all.

Regards,
Loris.

-----Original Message-----
From: sam wang [mailto:stwang@clemson.edu]
Sent: 29 Mart 2006 Çarşamba 02:25
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: Papers for Argyrotype

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.