Revere Platinum - WINNING!

[Mike Castles]

For what it is worth, I ordered some Revere paper from Bostick and Sullivan a few months back and printed with it over the holidays (Dec). Had no issues with the paper, and it worked very well for me.

[pschwart]

For what it is worth, I ordered some Revere paper from Bostick and Sullivan a few months back and printed with it over the holidays (Dec). Had no issues with the paper, and it worked very well for me.

We would need to know a lot more about your workflow and your environment for this to be useful.

[Rojina]

Hello,

Many thanks to all for your postings on the Revere Paper. I am new to Palladium printing and after transitioning my darkroom I finally made my first set of test prints from a (rather large) batch of the Revere paper that was purchased last summer (June or 2011) when the new Revere was first distributed. The tones are lovely - stunning really, but the greasy looking spots are a deal breaker!

For what it is worth here is a rundown of my workflow/formula:

-no pre-humidification of paper (darkroom was around 16% humidity)
-equal parts palladium to ferric oxalate applied w/ cheap hake brush (will be upgrading to a richeson brush)
-air dried on a screen for a couple of hours
- some tests prints were double coated (both had problems)

Am going to try the humidification and misting method as posted by John. I see that BS is still stocking this paper; does anyone know if the factory has resolved this issue with the later batches, or has everyone given up? Any suggestions for an alternative paper?

heartbroken in Colorado,

Ro.

p.s. I am so grateful for this forum as I was able to attribute the problems to the paper not just my neophyte ways.

[pschwart]

I think the blotchiness is due to problems with the internal sizing. Not everyone encounters this, so there must be manufacturing inconsistencies. There may be some perfect combination of workflow and environment that can bypass this, but I never found it and the manufacturer's rep quit posting here almost as soon as users started reporting problems. One could size the paper, but who want to size a paper specifically designed for platinum?
I moved on -- maybe I will try the paper again in the future.

Is the RH in your darkroom really 16%? Time to buy a humidifier

Hello,

Many thanks to all for your postings on the Revere Paper. I am new to Palladium printing and after transitioning my darkroom I finally made my first set of test prints from a (rather large) batch of the Revere paper that was purchased last summer (June or 2011) when the new Revere was first distributed. The tones are lovely - stunning really, but the greasy looking spots are a deal breaker!

For what it is worth here is a rundown of my workflow/formula:

-no pre-humidification of paper (darkroom was around 16% humidity)
-equal parts palladium to ferric oxalate applied w/ cheap hake brush (will be upgrading to a richeson brush)
-air dried on a screen for a couple of hours
- some tests prints were double coated (both had problems)

Am going to try the humidification and misting method as posted by John. I see that BS is still stocking this paper; does anyone know if the factory has resolved this issue with the later batches, or has everyone given up? Any suggestions for an alternative paper?

heartbroken in Colorado,

Ro.

p.s. I am so grateful for this forum as I was able to attribute the problems to the paper not just my neophyte ways.