RE: Blue-Black Cyanotype & Luster

#1: Sorry, I know nothing about black toning Cyanotypes.

#2: There are people making inkjet prints on fine-art paper (like
Somerset Velvet) using 3rd party pigmented inks, and they use
polyurethane wood finish such as "Hydrocote Polyshield Gloss" to extend
the Dmax of their prints from 1.6 to 2.1. The polyurethane is applied on
paper using a #30 meyer rod (#30 means that the coating thickness will
be around 30mils = 0.03" ~= 0.76mm). This would probably work for
alt-process prints too.

You get good Dmax with "single coated" classic Cyanotype!? Or do you
double coat? Have you tried New Cyanotype?

Regards,
Loris.

-----Original Message-----
From: D. Mark Andrews [mailto:mark@dragonbones.com]
Sent: 04 Ekim 2005 Salı 07:02
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: RE: Blue-Black Cyanotype & Luster

Trying this message once again. Can it be that this list can generate
over 100 messages a day when flailing on a colleague, but nothing for
toning cyanotypes :-)

I'm trying to achieve a particular look with some cyanotypes I'm working
on and was wondering if anyone on the list can offer some assistance:

#1: I would like my final prints to be a very dark blue-black, similar
to platinum over cyanotope. I would rather not deal with the platinum
step so was wondering if there were any other options. I found some
recipes for a Black toner in both PF and James' Book of Alternative
Photographic Processes, but can't find any examples to judge whether it
is the look I'm after. Is it possible to achieve a deep blue-black with
a black toner?

#2: I would also like to get a luster on my final image. Has anyone
tried waxing or using any other substance to bring a sheen to a
cyanotype?

For reference, I'm getting great results (deep blue, good D-Max) using
the traditional formula at 2 parts A to 1 part B.

Mark
Received on Tue Oct 4 01:53:52 2005