Bromoil is different. David Lewis can make an excellent bromoil off
anything you can throw at him, when he is in a good mood.
Those who can obtain excellent results with these techniques are
invited to tell us more about their methods and materials.
Luis Nadeau
>I understand that Luminos Art Paper is suitable for many processes such as
>carbro and bromoil since it is a matte, nonsupercoated paper. It's single
>weight and about grade 3.
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>Luminos Photo Corp.
>P.O. Box 158
>Yonkers, NY 10705
>(914) 965-4800
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>Claude Seymour
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>On Sun, 22 May 1994, NADO000 wrote:
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>> >In Luis Nadeau's HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF CARBON PROCESSES, in the chapter on
>> >Carbo prints, he mentions that "The process can be simplified by developing
>he
>> ^^^^^^
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>> carBRO, not carbo
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>> >pigment right on the bromide, thus avoiding the work of transfer." (p.171)
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>> >I am interested in trying this procedure. Can anyone tell me more about it?
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>> He says it's pretty straigthforward. At the end of the bleaching time,
>> instead of stripping the pigment off the bromide, you simply put the
>> "sandwich (the whole thing: bromide with pigment tissue on top of it)
>> into the hot water (40C or so) after a minute or so, starting at a
>> corner, peel the backing of the tissue *gently* and discard it. If all
>> went well your image will start to develop at this point. The rest of
>> the procedure is described on p. 172.
>>
>> You should keep in mind that people have not had much luck in recent
>> years with the carbro process, because of the unavailability of decent
>> bromide papers. Nadeau much prefers carbon transfer to carbro for this
>> reason.
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>> Luis Nadeau
>> Box 7, Site 4, RR4, Fredericton, NB
>> CANADA E3B 4X5
>> FAX: (506)450-2718; Hamcall: VE9LN
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>> >Thank you,
>> >
>> >Kenton Hyatt
>> >HYATTK@axe.humboldt.edu
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