Clean a piece of glass "very well" then wash it and your print with diluted wetting agent and place your wet print face down on the glass. Run the back of a ruler over the print to remove air bubbles and "all being well" when it has dried the surface will be high gloss. Personally I had a very high success rate with this method, however learn the process with something that is not your "Moonrise over Hernandez".
Mind you, unglazed FB glossy is beautiful.
How much photo flo would you use in this dilution?
I am sure you could use dish-washing liquid instead, but I think I would rather use Photoflo in this instance.PhotoFlo is for film, not prints.
For the techniques which press the print surface to glass or shiny metal, how do you ensure the surface won't stick after the print has dried?
PhotoFlo is for film, not prints.
Yes, I have a Pako drum dryer but haven't ferrotyped (glazed) in decades. Pakosol (or similar) was what all the fellows used. You need to have the print dry completely with fabric holding the print down on the tin or glass etc. Otherwise the edges will dry first, and release first, and you will get "cockle marks" on the print. Single weight paper was always ferrotyped, super high gloss. Pakosol is 95% HEXYLENE GLYCOL CAS: 107-41-5. It was diluted with water before use. Helped release the print and the residual glycol in the paper base helped reduce curling. F surface (Kodak nomenclature) glossy DW paper air dried is beautiful.I still remember the smell of Pakosol on a hot print-dryer apron...
Gloss is a relative expression. Neither FB or RC prints are truly glossy, even ferrotyped. For a high gloss you need a mylar base like Cibachrome and Fuji Supergloss, and a few experimental b&w "papers" which were never marketed. Overcoating a print with a glossy butyl acetate or acrylic lacquer, or shiny wax, is only a short-term solution. They'll yellow or craze with age.
For the techniques which press the print surface to glass or shiny metal, how do you ensure the surface won't stick after the print has dried?
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