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Re: Numbering glossy prints.



Don't you have a problem with smudging with such soft leads?  Even the No.
1 (I believe, not 3) smudges on most surfaces.

Sylvia Bugbee
Assistant Archivist
Special Collections
Bailey-Howe Library
University of Vermont

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Kevin Enns-Rempel wrote:

> "Bunker, Kevin" wrote:
>
> > A very soft (No.3 plus) pencil works alright on the verso of resin coated
> > material; and any No.2 grade is good for conventional "paper-type" (pulp)
> > paper.
>
> An even softer pencil works better yet. We use a 6B lead pencil for marking the
> backs of resin-coated photographs. You might need to go to an art supply store
> to find a pencil with such soft lead.
>
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> Kevin Enns-Rempel, Archivist
> Fresno Pacific University
> Fresno, CA
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