Ferrotype plate cleaning

[Jojje]

Made a few prints on Forte paper (last box). Thought giving a go with my new-old-stock print dryer bought from Ukraine with immaculate looking plates. Should've known better: prints stuck a bit. Well, first ones I tried were a bit veiled anyhow, just in case. - Luckily my large Polish dryer worked perfectly.
My question is, how have you cleaned your ferrotype plates? (I may have a tin of Renaissance wax somewhere)

 

[koraks]

I've never had much luck with this to be honest. 'Ferrotyping' has always worked best for my using plexiglass. There's some info here on Photrio as well as off-site on this.

 

[Paul Howell]

I use chrome polish, the typed on on classic cars chrome bumpers and door handles. My process is to clean the plates, then with heating element off soak the prints in distilled water, squeegee the prints on the plate and let air dry until the prints pops off.

 

[Jojje]

I'm quite familiar with the process itself but never had the need to clean the plates with other than Kodak wetting agent and like. I've polished the chrome of my bikes ad nauseam but I'm afraid these polishes may be a bit too aggressive. Plates in question look like new and I don't want to scratch them.

 

[Paul Howell]

On U.S Ebay there is bottle of old stock Kodak polish, expensive and don't know if the seller will ship to E.U. See if you can find a similar product on your end.

KODAK FERROTYPE PLATE POLISH | eBay

KODAK FERROTYPE PLATE Great Look extremely rare

www.ebay.com

 

[Kino]

Didn't the old Ferrotype cleaner/polisher have a tiny bit of Paraffin wax in the solution (in addition to Carbon Tetra chloride!).

Might try a tiny dab of beeswax and a polish with a lint-free cloth.