Diffusion Transfer Printing ("Polaroid" peel-apart) recipes

[thinkbrown]

Last night I unintentionally made some sepia images. I find it very pleasing. I would love to have it as an option, so I will work on finding out if I can replicate it consistently.

I know Polaroid and members here have spent a lot of time and effort getting neutral tone prints, but I absolutely adore the sepia tone stuff

 

[Raghu Kuvempunagar]

I absolutely adore the sepia tone stuff

+1

 

[Qebs]

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 what I am using now as Richyd, pointed out to me in private that the Silica solution I bought off Amazon was too low in density of SIlica, it was the Sili-Mer G5 by Alterra (best to avoid).

2. Oh also, sorry to ask too many questions but, has anyone found after applying the stripping layer, the image gets more contrasty? How would one troubleshoot getting back more midtones?

 

[Qebs]

I'm so lost, the new photos are so full of artifacts that ruin the image.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[analogwisdom]

negatives (agfa x-ray) scanned after fixing! the positives looked great too. these were from the Polacon NYC event. I'll share more after I've got some needed rest. I took over 100 portraits on location again. I even met John Reuter!

 

[thinkbrown]

these were from the Polacon NYC event. I'll share more after I've got some needed rest. I took over 100 portraits on location again. I even met John Reuter!

Were you on stage with Ben Fraternale from in an instant? I saw a clip in his Go gen 3 video of what appeared to be a really excellent DIY peel apart portrait of him.

 

[analogwisdom]

Were you on stage with Ben Fraternale from in an instant? I saw a clip in his Go gen 3 video of what appeared to be a really excellent DIY peel apart portrait of him.

yes, that was me

 

[thinkbrown]

yes, that was me

That's awesome. I got to meet Ben last year at BILD, he was super friendly and enthusiastic.

 

[analogwisdom]

I'm so lost, the new photos are so full of artifacts that ruin the image.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I'd suggest you go back to square one. Try getting the Crenova laminator from Amazon, and go for a simple recipe without side rails or a stripping layer. Once I get home this afternoon I can share my recipe for the developer and receiver combination I was having the most success with at Polacon.

 

[analogwisdom]

Here are some videos of peels from Polacon NYC (the community likes to call them "peels on reels")

https://peelapart.film/peelvids/roman.mp4

https://peelapart.film/peelvids/wide.mp4

https://peelapart.film/peelvids/jin.mp4

https://peelapart.film/peelvids/isaac.mp4

 

[Qebs]

I'd suggest you go back to square one. Try getting the Crenova laminator from Amazon, and go for a simple recipe without side rails or a stripping layer. Once I get home this afternoon I can share my recipe for the developer and receiver combination I was having the most success with at Polacon.

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 4KG or ~3.3 liters including international shipping from overseas, does this make sense?
Thanks!

 

[analogwisdom]

That sounds about right, I paid a tiny bit less than that for my Ludox HS-30.

I wouldn't be so sure that's your problem, though. You see the results Alec gets and he uses the Simwool Rigidizer silica.