I would like to try or learn Platinum and Palladium printing. I have made a UV box and bought frames. Where do you folks get the reagents, papers and brushes/glass rods, etc? Thanks for your information in advance!
I would like to try or learn Platinum and Palladium printing. I have made a UV box and bought frames. Where do you folks get the reagents, papers and brushes/glass rods, etc? Thanks for your information in advance!
Bostick & Sullivan is a good place to get everything you need including advices & informations.
Payral
http://www.payral.fr
Like Payral, I buy all my pt/pd related materials from Bostick & Sullivan. Great people to do with!
another +1 for Bostick and Sullivan. Can buy the kits or individual chemicals, if that's your thing
notch codes ? I only use one film...
While I purchase most of the chemistry I use from B&S, I stopped purchasing their silver nitrate when they changed the packaging from brown glass bottles to the white plastic bottles they now use. Over time I have found that the color of the silver nitrate will turn to a battleship grey when stored in plastic but remains white when stored in brown glass. I reported this to them but they didn't seem to care so I looked around for another supplier with reasonable prices that packaged in brown glass and found one that provides quality SN in brown glass bottles for a significantly lower price - $47.45 vs $67.50 for a 50 gram bottle.
Thomas
Thomas, and the place to buy the silver nitrate in glass bottles would be....?
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Hey Peter I don't know if anyone mentioned Artcraft Chemicals Inc. found here. https://www.artcraftchemicals.com/products/
I forget the owners name but I met him several times back in the Eddy Gunks days (miss him) when Eddy would through wet plate gatherings. The owner of Artcraft Chems Inc really seemed to care about supplying quality chemistry to meet the needs of alt photography world and attended most of those gatherings just to see what was going on.
Thanks, Luis. I've bought from Artcraft before. The service was good, and the prices were better than other places. I don't buy chemistry very often. I have enough Dimezone-S, for example, for about 100 years at my current rate of use.
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― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Dave at Aircraft is your best source. I'm totally happy with the price , the quality and the service.
Dick Arentz's book "Platinum and Palladium Printing" (Second Edition) is a very good resource. While it is out of print and difficult to find, a PDF version is available by contacting Dick directly;
https://www.dickarentz.com/books/pla...alladium-book/
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