RE: Vandyke Brown with Citric Acid

Since you brought it up..

Anyone else notice a printing speed decrease when printing a double-coated
versus a single-coated print on the same paper? Depending on the paper, I have
to increase exposure anywhere from just a little to almost half a stop when I
double coat.

Clay

Quoting Sandy King <sanking@clemson.edu>:

> Don,
>
> I also get a very high Dmax with COT 320 with no pre-soak and just
> one coating. It is a very nice paper.
>
> I also get about a stop faster printing speed with COT 320 compared
> to Stonhenge.
>
> Sandy
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >Sandy,
> >
> >>
> >What is your soaking procedure? And don't you get the above? Never
> >know for sure with this paper since it is not as consistent as some
> >of the best papers.
> >>
> >
> >Sorry, I hope I didn't confuse you. The 1.5 DMAX I quoted for palladium 1s
> >mixture was made on Cot 320. I've never presoaked Stonehenge.
> >
> >I have presoaked Fabriano Artistico Extra White and BFK for 20 minutes in a
> >2% oxalic acid bath and had beautiful results with palladium and kallitype
> >(except for the persistent staining with kallitype regardless of paper or
> >clearing agent but that's another story.)
> >
> >>
> >I sold the NuArc 26-1k locally to make room for the ULF-28.
> >>
> >
> >Yes I noticed your ad on APUG and was tempted to buy it but right now I
> just
> >have no room for another UV light unit. My wife refuses to let me put one
> in
> >the living room. :) I even passed on an opportunity to purchase an 8x10
> >Chromega enlarger sold locally. Originally a $21k enlarger, it sold on
> e-bay
> >for $950.
> >
> >Don
>

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