[alt-photo] Re: odd tintype observation

[francis schanberger]

Chris,

It didn't scrape off? Did you try a particle beam?

We are doing these next semester. What are trophy metal plates (where did
you get them)?

-francis



On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Christina Anderson <zphoto at montana.net>wrote:

> Dear All,
> The list sure is dead lately!
>
> So I thought I'd share a silly thing.
>
> I was cleaning off the tintype trophy metal plates from the group class so
> I could reuse them, under hot water (which will easily melt the liquid
> emulsion right off the aluminum) and one of them was really tenacious and
> would NOT slough off, melt off, scrape off. I was wondering what the heck
> the student did to have the emulsion stick so well to the plate and then I
> found out why: he/she had not removed the plastic covering off the trophy
> aluminum that you have to peel off before coating.
>
> It was interesting to me how well it stuck to the plastic....
>
> Always fun to learn from mistakes.
> Chris
> Christina Z. Anderson
> christinaZanderson.com
>
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