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Hey, thanks so much for the advice. I'm now thinking it is my colloidal silica source. I didn't get scientific grade. May I ask where you get your Ludox HS-30. I'm not able to find any at an affordable price in Canada. Many places won't ship to Canada from the USA. I've been quoted $450 for...

I'm so lost, the new photos are so full of artifacts that ruin the image. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

1. Has anyone got crystalline formation after applying the receiver formula and it drying out? I used the old bottle of the previous silica solution I bought as the container, but everything else was fresh. I'm using the palladium chloride and silica solution formula. Simwool Rigidizer is...

Hey everyone, I'm back at it again. 2nd motor is in the laminator after the first one's gear box "blew up" due to a hang up in the chain. This time I'm using an AC stepper motor. Thanks to my friend Tony, a mechanical engineer, everything is installed and working smoothly. Tonight I tried...

Thanks so much! My only attempt with xray film was massively over exposed at 320 iso estimation. But it doesn't look like I need to use the 1P5MT (for now). But did you ever make a solution or find a way to measure how much you were using? Sorry not been on the forums, as experimentation was...

Today, I'm trying out the process with a modified laminator machine. The machine now has a new motor and gear box that gives enough torque at slower speeds. The chain is binding once in a while, but my Mechanical Engineer friend and I will sort this out later. Moving to Fuji Xray HRU film...

I tried this a while back, but sadly, the machine jitters (stops and go), there doesnt' seem to be enough torque at the slowest setting. Analog, when you shoot ilford paper, what lighting are you using? And congrats on the demonstration. Your work is excellent! What chemical mixtures did you...

Hey AnalogWisdom, Thanks for the reply. I also obtained 1P5MT, just waiting for more chemicals to arrive and then I need to figure out how to slow down my rollers. I met a CTO of an electric car transmission company and he's agreed to help mod the laminator. I would really like to immediately...

Hey AnalogWisdom, Can I ask a few questions? Are you using rails? Developing by hand or machine? Are you washing off excess developer? Great results so far! Keep going!

I am finding better density like Alec said with higher rails, 6mil. But now I'm getting excess developer that 3% Gum Arabic is not getting rid of, and I'm dying to find a way to not have to soak the prints in water. I'm going to hire someone to electronically slow the speed of the laminator such...

Hey analogwisdom, when you did research to develop Rx-01, did you find any information leading you to think this receiver will help prevent fading? Is this a coaterless formula? Thanks, Kevin.

Hey, I used two layers of I believe is 3 mil tape. Darkest Blacks I have seen so far. Just great density. I'm very happy! The only downsides are that there is this yellow cast that wasn't there with Ilford Paper, and the biggest issue is that now that the rails are taller, there seems to be...

Thanks AnalogWisdom and Alec for your inputs. This laminator I have runs at about 10-15 mm per second. Okay, I will try later this week more metol and no metol. Alec, may I ask, when you don't use rails, how do you keep developer from laminating out the sides of the sandwich? Do you just use...

Hey, Here is what I did: 39.1 g distilled water 7.22 g NaOH 1.8 g sodium CMC 5.0 g uracil pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione 2.2 g diethylhydroxylamine (DEHA) 1.0 g aminoethylethanolamine (AEEA) 0.10 g Metol sulphate The new image is on the right, with the big finger print :tongue: Now there is...

Wonderful, I'll go with your original advice. Thanks so much for your support Alec. I really appreciate it :) Have a lovely weekend :)