Re: I'm in the mood for...

To let you know that I am in the mood for some better tissue.

Witho.

Hello Witho!

My first carbon print was a solid mass of black goop. My second one had a
faint black outline with no image in the middle. I figured that if my third
attempt was somewhere in between those first two attempts, I'd be sitting
pretty.
Fortunately it was, and I've taken off from there.

I do not use any alcohol in my mix. Like Sandy, I let it sit in 100F (39C)
water until the bubbles have a chance to work their way out of the
gelatin -- though I usually give it about 3 or 4+ hours to do so. I also
pour the
gelatin out through a doubled up stocking. I have very little problem with
bubbles (maybe a bubble in every sixth tissue or so -- and they become my
test tissues.

Best of luck to you!

PS I have only used fixed out glossy fibre-based photo paper as a final
support, so I am not familiar with the effects of surface texture on the
look of the print. But I think I have heard that rougher textured paper can
give one a little more raised relief...though I do not know why this would
be true (if it is).

vaughn
Received on Sat Oct 21 23:18:50 2000