Re: Platinum printing questions

sal (sal@napc.com)
Mon, 08 Dec 1997 12:16:17 -0400

dkern@juno.com wrote:
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> The information I received with my platinum kit stresses that the
> solution sink into the paper for 10 minutes. Is this a subjective
> preference? What will the soaking, or non-soaking, accomplish?

I generally do not wait the recomended ten minutes. I wait just long
enough for the sensitizer to stop being shiny. I find if I do not wait
for this effect to take place I get crystallization in the places where
the sensitizer was still shiny wet. This seems particularly prominent in
the ammonium based systems:ware-pradip,zia,argryro, warecyano.
> I'm finding questions on platinum printing technique generates a lot of
> passionate and varied responses. I thank you all for your advice and I
> hope you don't mind that I pick your brains as I learn this process.
>
> David
> dkern@juno.com
Your welcome
Sal Mancini