One can achieve 'beautiful' results by taking the metal and painting
it with black lacquer, allowing a few days for it to dry.
Rockland emulsion will then "flow" on to it (heating it to slightly
over 100º F aids) and you can develop and print that. Even tone it.
It's beautiful.
Jack
On Dec 13, 2005, at 7:45 PM, Joe Smigiel wrote:
> Mark,
>
> A photographer in Manitoba (IIRC) with pseudonym "Calamity Jane" has
> reported terrible results this year with the Rockland developer. She
> has posted about her trials several times on the large-format list and
> apug.org forums so you might do a search there for more information or
> to contact her. She eventually abandoned the pseudo-tintypes and dove
> into wetplate collodion recently as a result.
>
> Joe
>
>>>> m.mackenzie@sasktel.net 12/13/05 5:09 PM >>>
> I am investigating a "modern tintype" process as purveyed by Rockland
> Colloid. They recommend their AgPlus emulsion (if I remember
> correctly)
>
> and a proprietary developer.
>
> Being experimentally minded and across a shipping border where costs
> mount (US/Canada) I would like to know if anyone has successfully
> developed Rocklands emulsion using their own formulation of developer?
>
> Regards
>
> Mark MacKenzie
>
>
> www.pastink.com
>
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