A year ago I tested cold-set ink at -2°C and the registration drifted exactly 0.2mm. Today I tested the same combo at +6°C and it drifted 0.05mm. Temperature isn’t additive, it’s a curve.
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A year ago I tested cold-set ink at -2°C and the registration drifted exactly 0.2mm. Today I tested the same combo at +6°C and it drifted 0.05mm. Temperature isn’t additive, it’s a curve.
Conservator’s side note on cold-set inks: long-term binder migration is the open question. Anyone publishing on this, please tag me — I’m maintaining a bibliography.