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Old 7th May 2011, 11:27 AM
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Default Neutral fibre paper with smooth glossy surface?

I'm looking for a neutral tone fibre paper with really smooth surface. Something like Ilford Warmtone glossy but neutral. Their regular IV 1K has some waviness to the surface that I'm not particularly fond of.

I have tried Fomabrom 111 and Adox MCC 110 but none come close to the smoothness of the Ilford Warmtone.

There are other candidates like Bergger, Oriental, Adox Classic and Kentmere that I'm not familiar with.

I'm sticking to Ilford matt as this paper exhibits no surface texture at all, but would like to try something in glossy but it has to be super smooth.

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Miha,
Try Kentmere fineprint glossy, neutral to Cold tone and a very smooth glossy when I last used it
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Old 7th May 2011, 02:21 PM
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Richard, have you compared it to Ilford IV 1K?
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Sorry Miha but I have never used the Ilford MG fibre, I prefered the Kentmere, when it was mad by kentmere, a while ago now, but to me it was the smoothest glossy compared to old agfa, and smoother than any Foma paper, It also has price advantages over most others, I have also tried the Adox fine print, the old Efke, and preferred the Kentmere, paper,worth a try,
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Thanks Richard, I will probably give it a try.
I'm also interested in Bergger NB - anyone using it?
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Ilford Galerie ?

Its not a multi grade paper but gives fabulous results

Responds well to Beers hard/soft developers

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Is the surface anything like that of Ilford Warmtone?
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Is the surface anything like that of Ilford Warmtone?
I think so - the glossy not the semi matt

YMMV

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Miha - Try the Oriental FB glossy - the finish is very smooth, more so than the Adox MC 110 which I find has a very little amount of texture. Otherwise, I find the two papers similar in their tonal charachteristics.
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Miha, although I've not used Bergger's NB I have used their warmtone version and the surface is very smooth, but not I feel, quite the high gloss of Ilford's warmtone FB paper.
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