[Aquanet] Fw: KILIMANJARO

[patchapin at mindspring.com]

> Gimme a break, Pat.  I'm not here to be diplomatic, and I always do.
>
> My favourite paper is Twin Rocker feather deckle, but it inspires paper 
> fear (especially the circles).  I favour 300 lb. paper because I'm lazy 
> and have never found stretching the paper to be fun.
>
> You want sugar-coating, I'm like most of us, a bit busy for that. Frank n' 
> Earnest.
>
> pat chapin
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Patrick Davis" <peedee at nucleus.com>
> Cc: <Aquanet at thedigitalbraintrust.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Aquanet] KILIMANJARO
>
>
>> Aw, Pat, don't be diplomatic. Tell us what you really think.
>>
>> :-)
>> Pat
>>
>> patchapin at mindspring.com wrote:
>>> Not.  I'm with Doris, I've tried this paper several times, the last
>>> time after a conversation with the dealer who told me the paper was
>>> totally reformed and improved as to the sizing problem.  I should have
>>> gone back and made him eat what I ended up tearing up for students.
>>>
>>> It is white, but there are several papers that are bright white.  This
>>> stuff, pardon my French, sucks paint like a Hoover, and the sizing can
>>> probably cut glass but it is not even.  I have not tried it in the
>>> last three years, but have given the paper at least four
>>> opportunities, one more than it really deserved.  The last batch I
>>> tried smelled even worse than Arches.
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