Will Thompson
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Wax paper negative you ever used, made, heard of or made a contact print from one?
I first heard of in an article in view camera magazine!
I first heard of in an article in view camera magazine!
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Wax paper negative, have you ever used, made, heard of or made a contact print from one?
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Tom dinning
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Way back when I was young and everything was cool I drew engineering plans onto waxed paper and used them as negatives to make blue prints.
Blueprinting is the older method, invented in 1842. The drawing to be copied, drawn on translucent paper, is placed against paper sensitized with a mixture of ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide. The sensitized paper is then exposed to light. Where the areas of the sensitized paper are not obscured by the drawing, the light makes the two chemicals react to form blue. The exposed paper is then washed in water. This produces a negative image, with the drawing appearing in white against a dark blue background.
Blueprinting is the older method, invented in 1842. The drawing to be copied, drawn on translucent paper, is placed against paper sensitized with a mixture of ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide. The sensitized paper is then exposed to light. Where the areas of the sensitized paper are not obscured by the drawing, the light makes the two chemicals react to form blue. The exposed paper is then washed in water. This produces a negative image, with the drawing appearing in white against a dark blue background.
Will Thompson
Well Known Member
The wax paper negative I am referring to is created with a inkjet printer then waxed to make a contact print.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I like the idea of getting an contact print from an existing B&W photograph. I used to do this as a child but next knew to use wax to increase transparency!
Can the wax be safely removed with rough brown paper and an electric clothes iron?
Asher
Can the wax be safely removed with rough brown paper and an electric clothes iron?
Asher