Comparison between Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown

George L Smyth (GLSmyth@ari.net)
Wed, 13 Nov 1996 19:36:15 -0500

> -After fixing (1 min.) and 20 min washing the VDB looked wonderfull (as
> most prints do when wet..:-( ), but after drying the nice print
> became considerable (too) darker, I did not observe this effect that
> prominent with cyano. (I use H2O2 before final wash)
>
> Any comments/advice/other points?
>
> And in my attempt in combining different processes: Am I right in
> presuming that, chemically seen, there mustn't be much problems in
> combining VDB ande cyanotype (Cyano over VDB or VDB over Cyano. or no
> difference)?

Can anyone comment on toning VDB and cyanotype? I've had no success
with the former and would like to try the latter, if it's possible (I
know it is).

Thanks -

george

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