Re: Dry Plate Availability
You might have to give wet plate a try until Jason is back shipping.
Kent in SD
Re: Dry Plate Availability
Smaller sizes 1 box at a time are affordable
I do plan to coat my own
several ways
to test
Re: Dry Plate Availability
I’ve been coating ( and making my own emulsion ) off and on since around 1986. If a goofy kid with no formal or informal training can do it, a serious persOn with places like the light farm, Denise Ross’ book and other internet resources &c. can do it ez-pz. :).
Don’t forget to have fun :)
Re: Dry Plate Availability
One of the tinkerers around here should make a small curtain coater.
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Thanks, all, for the replies. I've read the online stuff at The Light Farm and plan to try coating my own. Even if I don't have any success, it will be way more fun than simply buying them.
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from what I read if you want to bypass the glass man
get good at cutting glass and buy dollar store picture frames
at a 25¢/4x5 it's almost worth doing it just for that ..
im no good at cutting glass so I give my glass company the $..
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jnantz
im no good at cutting glass so I give my glass company the $..
Neither am I! I, too, will give my $ to the local glass company.
Re: Dry Plate Availability
I’ve been coating my own dry plates using the Foma Liquid Emulsion. It takes some learning to get a good coat of emulsion, but it’s quite feasible.
Nejc/Lost Light has a good (basic) how to tutorial on YT: https://youtu.be/jyiOe6vQyaM
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Originally Posted by
paulbarden
I’ve been coating my own dry plates using the Foma Liquid Emulsion. It takes some learning to get a good coat of emulsion, but it’s quite feasible.
Nejc/Lost Light has a good (basic) how to tutorial on YT:
https://youtu.be/jyiOe6vQyaM
Thank you. I've watched Nejc videos and he explains things in simple terms that even I can understand. I plan to start simple and see where the experience leads me.