You don't heat the plate / vertical bath, but do try to keep the chemistry within 15 to 25 degrees C. After 3 to 5 minutes (pos/neg), " raise the plate and inspect it at an angle. If the residual silver solution is flowing off in an even sheet, it is done; if in individual streams, or rivulets, then it should be replaced in the bath for perhaps another minute." G H Berkhofer
this is so cool!! im researching to do it my self but i have one question thats holding me back. hopefully you can help me. When you put the plate in a bath of silver nitrate do you have to heat it? or will the nitrate stick evenly no mater?
Hello! And what is the recipe for rapid fixer, which is used in this video? If not a secret)) Thank you ...
georgysphoto 2 years ago
You don't heat the plate / vertical bath, but do try to keep the chemistry within 15 to 25 degrees C. After 3 to 5 minutes (pos/neg), " raise the plate and inspect it at an angle. If the residual silver solution is flowing off in an even sheet, it is done; if in individual streams, or rivulets, then it should be replaced in the bath for perhaps another minute." G H Berkhofer
ambrotype1 2 years ago
this is so cool!! im researching to do it my self but i have one question thats holding me back. hopefully you can help me. When you put the plate in a bath of silver nitrate do you have to heat it? or will the nitrate stick evenly no mater?
PhotogIsaac 2 years ago
...oh no, course its not cyanide, the discription says hypo, der! ...sorry!
fox408 2 years ago
woah, was that cyanide?
fox408 2 years ago
that is just awesome!
fox408 2 years ago
how difficult is it to obtain chemistry for wet plate in the uk?
fox408 2 years ago