Re: viewer paint

[P3D Ronald W Doerfler <doerfler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Stuckey writes:

> Why paint?
> I cut a piece of high quality
> photocopy paper or inkjet paper and slipped that into the viewer.  It is
> perfectly matt, absolutely white and can be replaced in 5 minutes.  It
> does not bleed colours and if cut to shape carefully, does not need any
> adhesive.  If you have some nasty stains underneath the paper, try two
> layers...works for me!

A tip originally given to me by Dr. T at a convention before I had ever
heard of him!  It is a nice solution.  I might mention that some of these
newer laser print paper fairly glows (the ones with the high brightness
rating), which I assume is from flourescent components (like the phosphorus
in Oxydol detergent that made it legal for them to advertise "Whiter
than White").  Does the titanium dioxide in white paper do this??

Anyway, I just wanted to point out that these high brightness papers tend
in my opinion to be somewhat bluish, and that may be equivalent to adding
the touch of blue to the white paint to counter any yellowishness in the
bulb light.

Ron Doerfler
mailto:rdoerfler@xxxxxxxxxx



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