Response to fiber base paper Big deal?

Fibre paper does certainly have quite a different lustre in comparison with RC paper. It looks better and it lasts longer. But remember that it can be more difficult to work with. The process takes a much longer time, especially if you want real flat pictures. And if you try to take shortcuts with fibre paper, you will perhaps find that your beautiful photograph has turned yellow after a year or two. I would recommend a good RC paper, like Multigrade IV, especially the pearl surface, for your everyday work and fibre paper only for your very special pictures, those that you want to hang on a wall. Always use fresh chemicals, two fixers, use HCA, wash well and dry them as flat as you can. By the way, I have RC photographs from 1977 and they have not faded yet.

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