Digital BW, The Print

Hello Nick,

>I love the Hahnemuhle William Turner paper but it flakes like crazy.
>All the Lascaux does to it is reduce dmax. Last night I tried
>something I never tried before: I actually sanded down the paper's
>coating using very fine grained sandpaper before printing. Sofar so
>good. I've been handling the paper for a while now, including
>shuffling it in a stack, and no scuffing or flaking whatsoever. 

>I think my next experiment will be on finding the best way to prepare
> the matte surface before printing.

Very interesting!  Please keep us posted.

Re the sanding, I have some 600 grade black sandpaper, is that similar
to what you used?  How hard did you rub?


Regards,
Clayton


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