Enjoy that paper while you have it. The company that made it, Guilleminot,
in France, is going out of business.
Luis Nadeau
nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca
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>it requires a longer exposure, a longer pre-wash, and it gobbles up gold
>toner very quickly. it seems to me the trouble might be citric acid used
>to preserve the emulsion against fog. (Reilly mentions this in The
>Albumen and Salted Paper Book) one thing that seems to help a bit is to
>use a "start" bath between pre-wash and the alkaline gold toner. What's
>a start bath? its the opposite of a stop bath - instead of acid it has
>an alkalie in it. i used 10g of borax/litre. i left the print in the
>start for one minute and then transfered it to the toner. this seemed to
>condition the print and preserve the toner a little longer. the toner was a
>standard borax/gold toner. the toner still needed frequent replenishment
>however.
>
>if anyone else has worked with this paper i would be interested in
>hearing about the results.
>
>thanks, peter mumford