2. Use a contrastier paper. Some artists papers, like Coventry Rag,
Stonehenge, and a few others I don't recall now (maybe BFK) give a
steeper "curve." Get some & print under a 21-step, checking for *fewer*
steps up from D-Max. It helps to really saturate the paper -- on most
papers it also helps if you coat, dry, and coat again.
3. Try increasing the acid in the mix -- but that is experimental.
Forget all the formulas for added dichromate -- they give a lousy print
quality.
>
I would add:
4. Expose without delay.
5. Dry the print and then iron it under a layer of watercolor paper (don't
try that with platinum).
6. Do not wash too long in the first bath, go to the fixer after a 20 second
washing.
7. Eventually use distilled water as first bath with a wetting agent.
Philippe
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