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Saturday, May 27, 2023

Preparing Wet Plate Chemistry

Mixed up a 35% 5 litre hypo (Sodium Thiosulfate), and am filtering 10 litres of Silver solution after 62 hours if sunning.

Am trying to get enough chemicals together to do 20x24 Ambrotypes next week over 6 days. I will need to take more water as well. I am sure there will be some issues as this is the first trip I am going that big!

The 3-funnel filter method saves a ton of time and is effective- efficient.

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