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I use products from Wieland for silvering and degreasing. I use a big silver plate for the silvering ( big investment) . The plates are always moving during the proces.
Grtz from Belgium

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Hello,

For my bromine box I use the recepy of Mike Robinson ( bromine mixed with cristals).
For your bromine – fuming- time … the color in the Bromine-fuming box … is it yellow or lighly orange ?

Grtz,

Marc

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Nawagi

Thx for your help … I’ll give a sign when my plates are getting better … or when another mistake happens …

Have a nice day,

Marc

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I take a break … a holiday in France is waiting … I want to say hello to Niepce …

At the moment the surfaces of my plates are smooth and shiny ( still degreasing through electrolysis after buffing the copper and for cleaning the silver using the NuShine II Grade S and washing with wite spirit).

At the end of august I’ll start electrolysing with my plates moving in the silverbath automatically. In that way I’ll control better the quality of the proces … till now I did it manually …

The image of the latest dag’s I get are not chalky/ milky anymore. I am still a little bit disappointed with the filmspeed … but that’s some bromine-trouble I’ll solve in september. The contrast is still a bit low but I understand now already how I have to change it, so that’s the next step to take together with having more control on the filmspeed.

Anwer for Casedimage: my M-pot is made of stainless steel ( pyramid upside down ) and is completely packed in isolating foam. The heating happens with a heating element 150W/220V. This is normally used for coffeepots. The temperature can be controlled at the bottom and I can check the temperature at the bottom and at the top of the pot. Everything stands in a fume hood.

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Answering Bakody: For the degreasing and silvering trough elektrolysis I use products of a German Firm WIELAND.
Reaction for Mike robinson: Sorry for the confusion on the polishing product :Yes it is NuShine II Grade S.

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Hello again,
My plating-solution dos not contain a brightener and the plates are after slivering not shiny but matte-milky -white.
The nushine polis I use comes from the UK and was recommended to me bij Mike Robinson.

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Thx for the fast reaction
I make Dag’s with mercury.
I put the silver on copper with elektrolysis : 11 minutes / 1Volt / 1Ampére. I do this aleady many years.
Polishing-method :
-polishing with excentric handpolishing machine with flanel and Nushine
-degreasing trough elektrolysis
-wshinh with white spirit
-washing with soap ==> drying with hairdryer
-small cleaning with alcohol and velours
-buffing old style with rouge and velours

-The colour I want with Iodine : FIRST COLOR CIRCLE ==> dark yellow with possible tint of magente
-The colour for bromine : deep magenta
-Second time for iodine : about 40 % of first time of iodine

I don not gild my images … also not in the past.

THe new factor in my method is a new mercurypot. It is a big one for maximum size 8×10 inch . ==> On the bottom I have a temperature of 75° – 76°C On top ( at the plate ) about 33°C. The plats are 8 minutes in mercurypot.

In tha past hours I already supposed that humidity can be a problem and one of the buffing-pads was not so clean anymore …

thx for the first reactions ….

Marc / Belgium

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I am looking forward for the result for your Japanese client.
I am still, more and more, interested in the design of your M-pot. Certainly, because my max-temperature at the momment is not constant enough during developpent and not high enoughin my opinion.

Marc

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Hello,
I saw your picture of the M-pot on this forum.
In this topic I rzad that changements were made or planned on the design.
How does the pot look now at them oment ?
thx

Marc

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Hello,
What is the maximum temperature (°C) you can reach with your mercurypot ( with the ellectric heatsystem ?

thx Marc / Belgium

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Hello ,
Nice to hear from a collegue working in Belgium.

Marc Gommé

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Bello,
I have no idea who and how I can pay a firm for the transport from the US back to Belgium when I am living in Europe.

Thx,

Marc

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Hi,
I understand that you can tell me after the expo what the costs would be for sending back my work.

Thx,

Marc

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Bello,
Living in Europe, I wonder how will it be organised to pay for transport of dag’s back after the expo ?

Thx,

Marc Belgium

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Hello

I am interested in two boxes.

Can you send me your price ( total amount included with transport to Belgium) for this ?

thx

Marc / Antwerp / Belgium

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Yes Mike, after your workshop in Lacock I am starting making new equipment. Thx again for all the info you gave me and certainly for your patience with me trying to explain everything over and over again …

thx

Marc / Belgium

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thx for all the info;

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thx for the info

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Thanks, I live in Belgium. I will take a look around over here. When I am lucky I will put my experience on this forum.

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Well, I am happy something happens in Europe.

I already sent my mail to join the workshop.

Marc / Belgium

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Always interestedin pictures/plans for making a mercurypot myself !!!!

Marc / Belgium / Europe

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I am from Belgium/Europe.

What’s wrong with the electronic-controlled mercury bath (which will need some fixing)?

thx

Marc

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Certainly interested in more info on the mercuryboxesn fumingboxes for iodine and bromine (price + costs for shipment to Belgium/Europe).

Have a nice time over there at the other side of the ocean …

Marc Gommé

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I visited the exposition today … WHAAAAW … I’ll join in next time …

Marc / Belgium

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Helloooooooo from Belgium,

I am certainly interested to follow a workshop on making daguerreotypes.

It is almost impossible for me to follow a course in the US.

Good luck with this organisation ….

Marc /Antwerp / Belgium

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