There are a few things I found out through the reading and experience about working with platinum/palladium. The first thing is that the quality and type of paper is very important in how the overall print turns out. It must be durable, with no buffering due to the long rinsing times. Rule of thumb was: stay away from texture & anything that can’t soak for more than 30 minutes without being destroyed. More specifically and according to Christopher, you want to get buffering with a PH level between 5.5 & 7.5. So before you even start printing both Christopher and Ken suggested that you want to make sure you have a paper that will have good results for platinum/palladium printing otherwise you’re going through the entire process for nothing.