tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post6502564156794788515..comments2023-12-14T09:14:26.554-08:00Comments on Alex Timmermans Collodion Ambrotype wet plate Photography: Silver bath maintenanceAlex Timmermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12172488413626540363noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-52668914036386581032017-01-31T11:42:10.270-08:002017-01-31T11:42:10.270-08:00By bouling you don't loose any silver.
I alway...By bouling you don't loose any silver.<br />I always use demi water, which clean.<br />And by sunning you won't get rid of the ether abd alcohol in your silver nitrateAlex Timmermanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12172488413626540363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-32702827151942471972013-12-16T10:12:59.499-08:002013-12-16T10:12:59.499-08:00Hallo Yiannes, just drop me a message at collodion...Hallo Yiannes, just drop me a message at collodion-art at onsmail dot nl Alex Timmermanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12172488413626540363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-36772536943825987312013-12-16T09:53:01.547-08:002013-12-16T09:53:01.547-08:00Good afternoon,Alex!
my name is yiannis and i'...Good afternoon,Alex!<br />my name is yiannis and i'm from greece.<br />i have a big problem..i make plate and after drying and finishing the plate, the next day i notice that there are some bubbles in my plates.i change my degrease(ilektrolitikal degrease) and still i have bubbles..for example in 10 pieces i make only 3 will be without bubbles.<br />do u have any suggestion about how to solve it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-50767911800167770812013-03-05T01:46:19.119-08:002013-03-05T01:46:19.119-08:00Hallo Nadejda,
Black spots are not always caused ...Hallo Nadejda,<br /><br />Black spots are not always caused by the silverbath. Also dust from your plate holder can cause such a problem.Alex Timmermanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12172488413626540363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-81092043428971912672013-03-05T01:33:32.096-08:002013-03-05T01:33:32.096-08:00Good afternoon, Alex!
I have a big problem. I mak...Good afternoon, Alex!<br /><br />I have a big problem. I make a plate, after drying on a plate there are black points.<br />I made a new silver bathtub and updated salts, the result didn't change. <br /><br />What it is necessary to make to solve a problem?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00800656846112606145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-68466271371147709132012-12-08T09:12:22.554-08:002012-12-08T09:12:22.554-08:00Augustin,
i have had it several times.
Even with ...Augustin,<br /><br />i have had it several times.<br />Even with adding Demi water to a clean silver solution.<br />Just leave it for a few days and it will turn as clear as water.<br />you will have a bit black sediment though at the bottem of the bottle.<br /><br />AlexAlex Timmermanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12172488413626540363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-47111826542259668542012-12-08T05:29:53.011-08:002012-12-08T05:29:53.011-08:00Ive had the same problem with an already opened d...Ive had the same problem with an already opened distilled water batch. <br />Today after sunning the bath yesterday i was getting the level back to 250ml (it was at 215 because of evaporation), and used medical distilled water (got it from the pharmacy). The exactly same water i used sucesfully when mixing a new bath 2 weeks ago, now seems to be contaminated, and the result was getting again a milky silver bath, just after filtering!!! Damn... It seems that when opening a bottle of distilled water, it contaminates someway... From now on when working with Silverbaths ill try to use small 500ml new fresh bottles. Agustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603577301118914177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-85957231930296879172012-08-05T13:18:11.430-07:002012-08-05T13:18:11.430-07:00Thanks Filipe, but does that also happens when usi...Thanks Filipe, but does that also happens when using demenelarised water ?<br />Strange thing is that i had it only once. This didn't showed up with a few other bottles. At least not that worse.Alex Timmermanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12172488413626540363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-16424727206201061952012-08-05T12:17:05.459-07:002012-08-05T12:17:05.459-07:00It fogged because the solution has lots of iodine,...It fogged because the solution has lots of iodine, and when you add water to the solution the iodine combines with the silver nitrate and makes silver iodide.Filipe Alveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17359543937832597567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-49812624799302557382012-08-05T02:11:47.296-07:002012-08-05T02:11:47.296-07:00Borut. it was deminelarised water. The same as i a...Borut. it was deminelarised water. The same as i always use. And was surprised also that it turned that dirty. But it solved all my problems.Alex Timmermanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12172488413626540363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-46370588004322576492012-08-05T01:42:16.411-07:002012-08-05T01:42:16.411-07:00I don't understand why did the solution fog, i...I don't understand why did the solution fog, if it was a distilled water? Great tip, I think I'll do that! THX!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-67092772683574807252011-08-06T13:55:47.815-07:002011-08-06T13:55:47.815-07:00Mark, you are right. That solves the problem.
But...Mark, you are right. That solves the problem.<br />But, it doesn't solves the cause of that problem.<br />After some plates that amount doesn't help anymore and you will have to add extra extra alcohol.<br /><br />AlexAlex Timmermanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12172488413626540363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-2296298295716976032011-08-06T08:57:05.747-07:002011-08-06T08:57:05.747-07:00I found adding a little dash alcohol to the develo...I found adding a little dash alcohol to the developer solves the problem of it not pouring over the plate smoothly.Mark Sinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15073170786476272437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-68708456286337719212011-07-25T10:41:41.306-07:002011-07-25T10:41:41.306-07:00Hello Eugene,
i use several baths. This bath i ha...Hello Eugene,<br /><br />i use several baths. This bath i have not so much but used it several times to determine a problem some students of mine had.<br />It occured that they had chemical problems. <br />So it just wanted to be sure it was clean before i would use it again.<br /><br />Alexalexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-60359622199247710932011-07-25T03:59:16.847-07:002011-07-25T03:59:16.847-07:00Goog day, Alex
How long this bath worked before, t...Goog day, Alex<br />How long this bath worked before, that procedure?<br />I'm using one silver bath already about a year, and only things that i did were sunning, filtering and adding silver to the needed volume. So may be it is time to try this?<br />Best wishes, EugeneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-88195333328363966162011-07-15T08:52:42.728-07:002011-07-15T08:52:42.728-07:00Hello Janne,
There are many different formula'...Hello Janne,<br /><br />There are many different formula's Soem are using 1.06 some (as me) are using aprox !! 1.08.<br />I don't believe it will give huge differences.<br />But i have used this from the start and it works fine for me, so i don't want to change it<br /><br />AlexAlexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-85811233339013065642011-07-15T07:46:50.831-07:002011-07-15T07:46:50.831-07:00Hi Alex,
Interesting.
A question slightly out of ...Hi Alex,<br />Interesting.<br /><br />A question slightly out of the main theme: I've always thought the gravity should be around 1.07. Do you think this makes a big difference? Cheers, JanneJannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01206310468537615657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-22491928952358288282011-07-15T01:55:12.545-07:002011-07-15T01:55:12.545-07:00I wasn't using impure water. I have been using...I wasn't using impure water. I have been using pure Demi water which i always use for making a silver nitrate solution.<br />You can not reach this stage of cleaning only by sunning the bath.<br />Just give it a try. You will be surprised.<br /><br />AlexAlex Timmermansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082760567221843406.post-65194855097082868362011-07-14T23:59:21.967-07:002011-07-14T23:59:21.967-07:00This sounds quite radical.
You evaporated off 80%...This sounds quite radical.<br /><br />You evaporated off 80% of the water presumably to make sure you drove off all ether/alcohol that was there - then replaced the water with impure water that precipitated out silver chloride. So you lost some silver and returned to the original strength by adding more silver nitrate.<br /><br />Could you not have achieved the same by just sunning it for several hours, filtering it (adding more silver nitrate if that were required)? It seems to me you will have lost silver unnecessarily and made some labour-intensive tasks that were unnecessary. Maybe I am missing something?<br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com