Hi Everyone,
Just sharing my updates…I’ve been busy acquiring equipment the past couple of months to get this project off the ground.
Chemicals:
Mercury – check (sciencecompany.com)
Iodine – check (ebay)
Br – I now have Br! With respect to the warnings against creating Br, I ended up creating some myself through distillation of bleach, muriatic acid and sodium bromide. An afternoon’s mad scientist work gave me about 20 grams of Br. I simply had no way of acquiring this chemical from where I am.
Darkroom –
48x48x80 Secret Jardin Darkroom
Hydrofarm 6″ 400 CFM
Hepa Filter
Fuming Box and Mercury Pot
Under construction…
Polishing Powders for lapidiary also purchased…
Lastly, I’d like to thank Mike Robinson. I purchased a batch of 6x6cm plates and 6x9cm plates from him. They look really nice (from a still-not-a-dag photographer) perspective. Everyone’s been talking about making sure the plates are mirror like. I’m starting to get overwhelmed and worried at how much polishing needs to be done to get to that point…I shall try polishing plates soon…wish me luck!