Re: Formaldehyde sizing for gum

Luis Nadeau (nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca)
Thu, 29 Jun 1995 14:34:15 -0300

> From afk@SIRIUS.COM (Adam Kimball):
>
>>Alright, that sounds easy enough. I actually have some BFK around here that
>>I sized and hardened a few days ago. I'll try it out soon. Also, do you
>>size the paper once or twice before you use it? Do you harden it once or
>>twice? Also- how long does a hardening bath last? Is it best to mix up
>
>Your gum failure is intriguing. I'll try to play detective here: How did
>you dry the paper after the hardening bath? If it is not dried *thoroughly*
>outdoors, it may have enough formaldehyde in it to harden any colloid

Any colloid? I don't know about gum (have my doubts) but with gelatin as
when you use the carbon (single) transfer when the exposed pigment tissue
is transferred onto fairly recently made and formalin hardened sized paper,
then you are looking for trouble indeed. Your normaly exposed tissue can
suddenly appear way overexposed.

Luis Nadeau

>solution coated on it, regardless of how you mix the gum or anything else.
>This is from personal experience. (Formaldehyde insulation in your walls
>can harden the gummed library tape you use for framing - a little goes a
>long way in doing damage)
>
>Judy is right about Rives being the only paper that can be gum printed
>without sizing. I use the white kind of Rives Heavyweight.
>
>Sam
>
>
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