Peel apart instant film

[adaman]

Hello,
It's first time I post here.
How can we make negatives for enlarging from peel apart instant film like Fuji FP100C?
Few years ago, I've heard it's possible to do it by soaking peeled negative side of that in salt water. So I've tried, and failed.
Is it possible to do it from neg side of peel apart type film? I think its base is too thick though...

Please tell me something you know about it.

 

[HerrBremerhaven]

Polaroid Creative has a short article on working with paper negatives. Hopefully that link works okay.

Even with the recommended Polaroid films for this process, it is fairly difficult. I have tried some other manipulations using Fuji Instant peel-apart films, but I think the film/print base works against getting good results. If you manage to get this working with Fuji Instant, then you will be way ahead of anyone I have read about . . . it should be really difficult.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
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[adaman]

Mr.Moat,
Thank you for your reply.
If I could make the film base transparent...
It's impossible,right?
Thanks anyway.
I'm gonna post it if I could make miracle.

 

[Soeren]

Don't know if it will work with Polaroids but here is an article on making papernegs transparent.

http://www.alternativephotography.com/articles/art043.html

You'll also find stuff on polaroid manipulations here

http://www.alternativephotography.com/index.html

Cheers
Søren

 

[pjm1289]

You could also uses Polaroid 665 or 55 since they create p/n. But maybe just stick to type 55 because 665 is being discontinued.

 

[HerrBremerhaven]

Well, the Fuji FP100C originally mentioned is a colour peel apart film. Substituting the Polaroid Positive/Negative B/W film would give very different results. I understand what the OP wants to achieve, though it is not an easy manipulation, even using films that Polaroid recommends for that.

Getting a transparency from any Polaroid film is something very different. It was possible with the old SX-70 TimeZero instant film. That method involved cutting the edges of the print soon after processing, then carefully washing and rubbing away the backing chemicals. The result was sort of a transparency, though with obvious rub marks and degradation . . . sometimes cool looking stuff, but not a perfect transparency. Supposedly the 600 Instant films can undergo the same manipulation and sort of work, though the chemicals adhere better; the result is more deteriorated and degradation look to the final transparency.

In silkscreening for making T-Shirt printing, there is a reducing agent. That sort of chemical might work for making paper negatives, but I have never tried something like that. It is probably the only chemical I could think of that might work, though I would not want to attempt it (I don't really like this chemical).

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
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[adaman]

Thank you Soeren,
I'm interested with the "peeling method".
Because the base of the negative of FP100C also looks like plastic.