[Frameworks] Liquid Light onto clear 16mm - any tips

[lindsay mcintyre]

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lindsay



On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 6:29 AM, petehumble <petehumble at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've been reading this thread with interest as I really dont have much
> idea what everyone is talking about when referring to "liquid light". I've
> been trying to find out with no success.
> Is it home made emulsion?
> Can someone explain or point me to a reference?
> Thanks.
> Peter humble
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 10/06/2013, at 2:22 PM, lindsay mcintyre <email.linds at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hi devon
>
> i haven't had much luck with liquid light but in my experience (both at
> the handmade film institute and on my own), with handmade emulsions, it
> seems to have something to do with the gelatin content. you could try
> heating up the liquid light with some extra gelatin so that it'll stick
> better.  also, in the coating, the type of brush and amount of pressure
> used seems to make a difference.  i've always found that spraying the
> emulsion is better than applying with a brush. it doesn't seem to matter
> whether it's on clear acetate or fogged stock - results are equally good.
> i find though, that the hand-processing afterwards needs to be quite
> delicate - and is best done in very cold solutions - less than 10 degrees
> Celsius if possible, and in small batches.
>
> please share if you come up with something interesting!
>
> lindsay mcintyre
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 12:48 PM, jeff at kinetta.com <jeff at kinetta.com>wrote:
>
>> Turns out that getting emulsion to stick to different bases is a problem
>> for Kodak, too.  I had a long talk with an ex-Kodak person (soon all of
>> them will be ex, I'm afraid) and he said the reason some stocks weren't
>> available on Polyester (ESTAR) base is that the emulsions formulated for
>> triacetate don't stick.  There are actually different base types and
>> emulsions and only some combinations work.
>>
>> Who knew?
>>
>> Jeff Kreines
>> Kinetta
>> kinetta.com
>> jeff at kinetta.com
>>
>>
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