Re: An exchange with Mike Ware (on Argyrotype)

Well, I thought I *was* trying to say nice things about argyrotype with
respect to its differences to VDB and salt prints. Any other interpretation of
my remarks misconstrue my intent.

I can assure you that my sensitizer, paper, and coating procedures are
verbatim from his description. Even so, I found that a double coated
argyrotype was richer than a single coated one. Single coat Dmax was fine, but
another coat did yield an improvement in print quality.

Clay

> It's significant, Loris, that you admit this process does not yield an
> adequate Dmax in one coat. If so, then that - to me (a very lazy
> animal)
> - is a chemically inadequate process. I have never had to double coat
> argyrotype (if Clay Harmon does, then there is something wrong either
> with his sensitizer, his paper, or his procedure). You can judge for
> yourself whether the single coat gives an adequate Dmax from the
>

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