trying lith printing 1st time: what to read before I start??

[TheToadMen]

There's a shipment on its way to me, including:
* 1x Foma 133 Semi-matt, 9.5x12 (50 sheets)
* 2x Slavich Unibrom 160, Grade Normal, Gloss, 9.5"x12" (25 sheet)
* Moersch Easylith 500 ml

I'll read up on lith printing and try it this summer for the first time. I would like to have the book of Tim Rudman, but it is out of print and 2nd hand prices are up to $100 ... Too much for me, I'm afraid. Is there anyone who can lend me his book or is there a digital version available (PDF, e-book) of: "The Master Photographer’s Lith Printing Course: A Definitive Guide to Creative Lith Printing"?

There is also a chapter on lith printing in The Photographer's Master Printing Course (Tim Rudman), a book I do have.
And I did find these two articles with an intro:
http://www.moersch-photochemie.de/content/artikel/anleitungen/23 (Wolfgang Moersch)
and
http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes/lith/the-lithprint-process (Tim Rudman)

Anything else to read before I start experimenting? I don't mind learning by doing (and failing a lot) but anything that will give me a head start would be nice. I do have experiences with "normal" B&W printing in a dark room, but I've never done lith printing or see someone do it (live). As far as I know, there isn't a course in lith printing in The Netherlands.

 

[darkosaric]

Just overexposure 3 stops (for start) and go for it. Chemistry gets "tired" after some amounts of papers - depends of dilution.

I used all kind of Foma papers, as well as Slavich (most of the time with Moersch easy lith). Slavich was giving me neutral color, with nice grain:

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Foma papers are giving me strong nice colors (specially MG papers - most expensive one), other Foma papers are also good, some are giving neutral color with nice big grain (I think it was Fomabrom 111 - not sure).

Example of Foma 132 in Moersch:

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I hope it helps.

 

[TheToadMen]

Hi Darko,
Thank you for the tips and the nice examples. I think I like the more neutral color of Slavisch better, but I understand it is a bit harder to achieve good results with Slavisch. That's why I also want to try the Foma paper. I think the color of lith with Foma paper is nice also, but not suitable for every image (in my tast anyway).
Thanks,
Bert