Yeah, right. I've been trying to get a quire of the Buxton for a while,
but progress is, let's say, slow. For that reason I haven't tested it with
every color for gum, but my early tests showed that it gave the most
intense color of any of a dozen or more papers for alizarin crimson & a
couple of other pigments. (It stained badly with ultramarine, as every
paper seems to without added gelatine size.)
That is, the fresh, unshrunk, not previously wet Buxton showed little or no
stain with a quite heavy pigment concentration. Pre-shrunk Buxton
(soaked in hot water) showed light, but still tolerable staining with the
same heavy pigment concentration. Both seemed to hold color on the
surface in a way other papers don't.
Which is to say, the paper promises strong one-coat gums, which I am looking
for -- without added size. The problem I see at this point is getting the
Brits to part with some.
Judy