RE: Vandyke Brown with Citric Acid

Clay,

Yes, that is pretty much what I see also.

However, the most vexing thing for me in double coating is that there
is a greater tendency toward staining.

Sandy

>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
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>> >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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