I beg to differ..I think that buying a kit for WPC work is smart, it will allow you to start off right away, and find out if WPC is your thing..or not..
Acquiring yourself ether, pure ethanol, collodion, cadium bromide etc is not easy (depending on you location) and can easily become expensive (WPC requires substantial money, silver prices have gone through the roof).
If you like it and get hooked than getting the stuff and mixing it yourself is cheaper in the end, allows you more control (and more options to fail), you can mix your own recipe.
Take in account that most people start to buy dedicated lenses (those Petzvals) and camera's after a while..and perhaps a dark box too
Have fun, and perhaps join Quinn Jacobson Wet Plate Forum (StudioQ)
Best,
Cor
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