Does anyone else notice that paper surfaces seem to be different in the way they absorb (or fail to absorb) retouching dyes. Dyes carefully mixed and matched to a paper used to be absorbed into the emulsion and would have the same surface quality (sheen) as the rest of the print. Now the dyes seem to just sit on top of the print surface and have a very noticeable matte surface and even a subtle but annoying discoloration. I've used Spottone and the Marshall spotting fluids. These products used to work perfectly for me for many many years on many paper emulsions. These days there are so few papers available I use Ilflord Multigrade almost exclusively and I cannot spot them to perfection as I used to. I suspect, with no reliable evidence, that the problem is some kind of surface treatment on papers. Why did Spottone used to absorb into Multigrade surfaces but does not any longer?
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