Re: Re: salt prints - at last!

Hi Chris,

Yes, working small has it's advantages: the Glad Ware (microwave, dishwasher,
freezer safe with double-protection-seal lids) products are really great; they
hold up to all the chemicals I have tested so far (I'm also using one for the Pd
toner bath), but don't come quite as big as the Rubbermaid trays.

A photographic supply house would probably call the red bulb a "safelight;" Home
Depot calls it a night light :-). I also have some other "tungsten" on - a
40-watt yellow bug light at the far end of my work area, enough to see by. In
the little bathroom where I hang the silver coated sheets to dry I use a 7-watt
red nightlight (also available at Home Depot and also fits in a regular-size
lightbulb fixture), but turn it off when I am not in the room. (the salted-Ag
nitrate paper drys so nicely on a line, where as if I line dry - as opposed to
blow drying with a little desk-top fan - the NEW cyanotype, it often
crystallizes somewhere on the sheet.)

Cheers!
Judy

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Mukilteo, WA
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> Oh, you're using red safelight?  that should be enough.  When I am talking 
> "dark" I mean without a direct room light on, but there is light in the 
> hallway so i can still see what I am doing. So you're covered.
> 
> Hmmm, Rubbermaid...maybe I should scale down.  My life would be so much 
> simpler.
> Chris
> 
> > Thanks Chris.  When I did a step tablet (one I made in Photoshop and 
> > printed on Pictorico so it would be comparable to the diginegs) the tones 
> > were an amazingly smooth gradation.  I'll try your technique of doing the 
> > first rinses and fixing in total dark.  I have been using a 14 watt red 
> > bulb, also working at night.
> >
> > Since I am working with small sizes I am using Rubbermaid "Take Along" 
> > trays with lids for all the water baths.  That way, with the lid on, I can 
> > agitate them and get whole-arm exercise in at the same time :-) rather 
> > than just tired wrists! And walk around too.
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Judy
> >
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> > Judy Rowe Taylor
> > Mukilteo, WA
> > Art is a voice of the heart, a song of the soul.
> > www.enduringibis.com
> > jude.taylor@comcast.net or judyrowetaylor@enduringibis.com
> >
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Judy Rowe Taylor
Mukilteo, WA
Art is a voice of the heart, a song of the soul.
www.enduringibis.com
jude.taylor@comcast.net or judyrowetaylor@enduringibis.com