Re: Ferrotyping Alt. Prints.

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From: Wayde Allen (wallen@boulder.nist.gov)
Date: 05/12/00-08:27:53 AM Z


On Fri, 12 May 2000, Liam Lawless wrote:

> It works, and can work very well, so long as the glass is spotless and there
> is absolutely no dust or crud in your gelatin solution. You can use heat -
> a fan, etc. - to speed things up, but you'll need to run a scalpel round the
> edge of the print to break the "seal". Too many of my prints required a
> wallpaper scraper for removal. That's why I gave up on the method.

So use a sheet of Plexiglas instead of glass. You only need to flex the
Plexiglas sheet to "break the seal" and cause the dry gelatin to
separate.

- Wayde
  (wallen@boulder.nist.gov)


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