Sandy Vrooman wrote:
>When I first did Polaroid transfers I was able to get 10 good 4x5s on one
>sheet. this weekend I had tons of problems.
I'm impressed you've been able to get 10 on a sheet! I've never been able to
get *2* on a sheet successfully. After a couple of failed attempts, I figured
it was because the 2nd image was going on drier than the first image (it's
always the second one that fails). Dry transfers have never worked for me.
>I thought this stuff was supposed to be scientific, but it seems more
>like magic ...
Seems more like magic to me :)
George L Smyth wrote:
>There's a secret to this that I haven't seen published anywhere, for
>some reason. After rubbing, place the whole thing under warm water and
>allow to soak for a minute. Then, underwater, pull the paper apart.
>That will greatly minimize your problems. BTW, the water should be warm
>- not hot, but then again more than "uncold."
Thanks for the unpublished tip! Is the "soak for a minute" an additional minute
or part of the 2.5 minutes I allow for the transfer to take place?
Per the Lysol method -- does one spray the stuff on the paper? One coat? Or on
the emulsion sheet before the transfer? The archives aren't specific (at least
not for me)about how one actually does this.
Karen Molloy
kmolloy@pilotsw.com