redrockcoulee
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Well I finally got my home darkroom up and running, well sort of as there is still lots to do but it is roomy and except for no running water it will work out just fine. Some of the equipment I am using I have stored for a decade and other was acquired recently from others who got out of wet darkrooms.
From somewhere I did acquire a box of 500 sheets of Opal Y finish 8X10 paper unopened but the box top had chemical stains. After working the evening making contact sheets on 20 year old Polycontast RC paper I thought I would test this box out. Set up a photogram on one half and kept the other half covered, exposed and developed the paper. End result was rich blacks on the exposed side and plain white from edge to edge on the unexposed portion. So obviously the paper appears to be still good. I have found little about this paper on a search on the net and my 1974 Darkroom data guide does not include it. As I have only been in photography since 1973 I have no experience with it
Would like to know who used it and thoughts about it plus is it a supercoated paper or not and how do I tell? I was thinking it might be a possiblity for bromoils which I hope to try later this winter. Thanks for any info and I hope the other 10 or so boxes of older paper are as good as this one seems to have kept
From somewhere I did acquire a box of 500 sheets of Opal Y finish 8X10 paper unopened but the box top had chemical stains. After working the evening making contact sheets on 20 year old Polycontast RC paper I thought I would test this box out. Set up a photogram on one half and kept the other half covered, exposed and developed the paper. End result was rich blacks on the exposed side and plain white from edge to edge on the unexposed portion. So obviously the paper appears to be still good. I have found little about this paper on a search on the net and my 1974 Darkroom data guide does not include it. As I have only been in photography since 1973 I have no experience with it

Would like to know who used it and thoughts about it plus is it a supercoated paper or not and how do I tell? I was thinking it might be a possiblity for bromoils which I hope to try later this winter. Thanks for any info and I hope the other 10 or so boxes of older paper are as good as this one seems to have kept