Re: Litho Film

[Les Gehman <lpg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >I tried it briefly, and had problems with bubbles in the emulsion.  Haven't
> >had time to get back to it.  It was cheap enough to experiment with, but
> >I haven't figured out how to make it work well.
> 
> Bubbles? I'm not familiar with this happening. I'm always fighting dust, and
> have to go through a ritual of cleaning, blowing with the dust gun, then
> praying to the God of Static Cling. Would some wetting agent in the
> developer help?

Yeah, bubbles.  I took the dust as a given.  ;)

Apparantly the bubbles are a common problem with litho film going from
the developer to an acid stop bath.  Someone suggested using plain water
as a stop bath for a solution, but I haven't gone back and tried it.

Les