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Wet-Dry Rack
How to use the LundPhotographics Wet/Dry Rack for holding, storing, or washing (and drying!) collodion plates.
Mixing Salted Collodion (Part 1/2)
Part 1 of a two part tutorial on mixing salted collodion for wet plate photography.
Standard Lab Practices
A short list of some common lab practices when working with collodion chemistry.
Sensitizing Collodion Plates
Before it can be exposed in the camera, a collodion plate must be sensitized in a solution of silver
nitrate.
Fixing Plates
The function of the fixer is to combine with the undeveloped silver halides, making a water soluble compound that can then be rinsed out of the collodion with fresh water.
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