Sizing / Hardening

Well, my concern was more for you, but I've moved past it.

Hi IanH,

I'm curious about the AKD. Did you try it as a surface applied size? How were your results?
I'd be interested in trying it because I like the idea of non-toxic sizing and haven't had much luck with PVA.

Any information would be great

Cheers

Benjamin

BenjaminAustin said:

Hi IanH,

I'm curious about the AKD. Did you try it as a surface applied size? How were your results?
I'd be interested in trying it because I like the idea of non-toxic sizing and haven't had much luck with PVA.

Any information would be great

Cheers

Benjamin

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I haven't been here in a while... a very long while

Follow up on AKD: Made some paper from scratch (cotton linters, beating, pulping, mould + deckle) - AKD added at the wet end does wonders.
Treating manufactured paper yielded underwhelming results - the usual gelatin/hardener works much better.

This is a great thread, I do declare.

Well seeing everyone is using gelatin to size, there is other hardeners other than flormalin or any of those bad chemicals. I use gesso to seal my paper. first the hot water sizing then dry then paint diluted gesso with a foam brush and smooth it out with a small foam roller. I don't get any staining from my colors.