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> >Mike, what do you mean by "float it on a sheet of glass"? Please
> >explain. Thanks, Diane (Z. griliches)
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> If you *level* a large enough clean sheet of glass you can pour a thin a
> layer of silver nitrate solution on it to "float" your albumenized paper.
> The last time I bought silver nitrate I paid around 150.00 Canadian per 500
> g. This equates to about five dollars per 100 mL of sensitizer so you can
> see the need to economize. As Terry King has mentioned, brushing on the
> silver is cheaper as you can do it with less, but it is not the traditional
> method or one that I would recommend for even results. I still prefer to
> use a tray with about 200 mL of silver solution. This uses 30 grams of
> silver nitrate. I sensitize about eight to ten sheets during a printing
> session and save the sensitizer (in the dark) in a glass bottle for the
> next session. After 20 prints I will make fresh sensitizer.
> (James Reilly says that a 12% solution with sensitize about 30 11 X 14
> prints before it needs replenishing)
> If your prints get the measles, your silver bath has lost its strenght or
> has not been floated long enough.
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> Hope this helps
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Thanks for the above. Diane (ZGriliches)
> Mike Robinson
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