40 or 42 inch rolls of silver fibre paper

[bob carnie]

Hello out there

I am trying to purchase Ilford Warmtone Glossy in 100ft rolls not 32ft rolls, either 30 inch , 40 inch or 42inch width.

Right now I am stumped with my suppliers , Ilford only makes 100ft rolls in 50 inch and 56 inch .. I can only see 42 inch roll in 32 ft lengths and I find this way of packaging produces very curly paper when at the
printing stages even with good humidification.

So I am wondering if anyone has seen this problem , or can you recommend a longer length roll that will give me good results . thanks Bob

[xkaes]

I can't imagine using fiber-based mural paper without an assistant or two. It would be impossible to avoid kinks. Curling would be the least of your problems.

[domaz]

Pretty sure Bob has probably the most experience of anyone here on dealing with big Silver paper, look up his YouTube channel.

[Duolab123]

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...42_x98_ei.html

B&H has 42" x 98 foot.

[Duolab123]

Whoops not warmtone sorry

[bob carnie]

I can't imagine using fiber-based mural paper without an assistant or two. It would be impossible to avoid kinks. Curling would be the least of your problems.

Ok I have done a few thousand murals by hand , I am just looking for paper

[bob carnie]

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...42_x98_ei.html

B&H has 42" x 98 foot.

Interesting.. I am looking for Warmtone but his may be my only fall back option

[Mark Sampson]

Just imagine the amount of Nelson's Gold Toner you're going to need to warm that paper up... and the cost... at 100F to boot.
Bob, I wish you all the best!

[bob carnie]

Hi Mark

That actually is my main concern as I mainly use Ilford Warmtone and using this nuetral paper will cause colour issues . The project I am working on requires 20 x 24 warmtone editionns. and then some 24 x 36 editions going to the same places . I may just have to buy the smaller length warmtone rolls , raise the humidity in my room and cut under safelight to the required size and put in an over size paper safe for printing use. Its a PIA right now for me to manage. also I have to wait up to 8 weeks for the Distributer in Canada to get the paper into the country.

[bob carnie]

To the above point I know that there are 30 x 40 paper safes, is anyone aware of a larger paper safe ?