Re: safe way to flatten gum prints?

Virginia Boehm (gini@ix.netcom.com)
Sun, 12 Mar 1995 14:20:47 -0800

You wrote:

>
>To flatten gum prints on heavy papers I would suggest the following
procedure.
>It works fine for my carbon and carbro prints, and should for gum
>bichromate also.
>
.. As the print dries, it shrinks, causint the
>support to bow; the print is pulled flat from the resulting tension,
and dries
>flat.Trim away the tape and the print is ready to mount. The only
negative
>of this procedure is that you loose about 1/2" on each dimension from
the
>paper. This is no problem for me since I always transfer my carbon and
>carbro relies to oversize paper (8X10 to 11X14, 11X14 to 16X20, etc.)
>
>Sandy
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If the paper is pre-shrunk prior to exposure, it won't shrink, will it?
Gini