From: David Cardelús (davidcardelus@retemail.es)
Date: 02/20/03-11:08:35 AM Z
Hi Philippe,
Thank you very much for your suggestions. I am going to try two different
coating methods and see wich one works best for me.
Merci bien,
David
P. S.: BTW, do you know what exactly is "190-proof grain alcohol" for us
Europeans? Is it maybe a 90 C. degrees distilled alcohol?
> De: Monnoyer Philippe <monnoyer@imec.be>
> Responder a: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Fecha: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:45:07 +0100
> Para: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Asunto: RE: Glass plates
>
> Hi David,
>
> At first, do not sub your plates, just wash them very well, mecanically first,
> then let them soak in diluted sodium hydroxyde (warning, dangerously corrosive
> etc ...) for hours, rinse several times, then rinse with dsitilled water, let
> dry away from dust.
>
> For the coating, do not flow the emulsion on it. Level your plate on a bench,
> on a rubber pad or equivalent. Use a wired coating rod like those made by RD
> Specialties (http://www.rdspecialties.com/). Pour a given quantity of luke
> warm emulsion along the edge of the plate and coat the plate with the rod
> without rolling it. Let dry overnight WITHOUT warming. After some trials,
> you'll have a perfectly regular coating.
>
> Philippe
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: David Cardelús [mailto:davidcardelus@retemail.es]
> |Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 20:34
> |To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> |Subject: Glass plates
> |
> |
> |Hello,
> |
> |I'm trying to coat glass plates with liquid emulsion to start with faux
> |ambrotype technique and I have read somewhere that first I
> |have to coat the
> |plate with some kind of sizing (albumen, gelatin ...) and then flow the
> |liquid emulsion over this support layer. What would you use to
> |size the
> |glass?
> |
> |Thank you very much for your ideas.
> |
> |Best,
> |
> |David Cardelús, BCN
> |
> |
> |
> |
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