Hi All:
Peter Balazsy here again...
www.pbpix.com http://en.allexperts.com/e/f/fu/fuji_transfer.htm
Today I was testing various receptor papers.
GOOD NEWS testing..
I tried a DRY Fuji transfer onto
Arches 90# hot press paper and only got a big green-black blotch as expected.
.. however when I tried a dry transfer onto
Reives BFK (white) the image was fine as long as I used rather heavy rolling pressure.
I also tried wetting agents too and discovered that
Witch Hazel (TM Dickinsons) for some reason...seems to be a great agent allowing successful transfers to almost any paper I tried!!
So I tried the
Arches 90# hot press again ...but this time I dampened it with Witch Hazel and the transfer came out just fine!
I still feel that the
Arches 88 dry transfers are about the best I can get although I also find that
Border & Riley's #234-Paris paper is very good too.
I tried BFK both wet with witch hazel and dry too and that works good either way.
My wet tests with
Stone Henge were fine too... but my wet test with
Fabriano and
Lanaquarelle seemed a bit muddy.
I tried some rubbing alcohol too but that didn't work for me.
I have no clue about why Witch Hazel does the trick so nicely but at least it DOES work.. not only to help in emulsion to paper contact... but it seems to eliminate whatever chemical it is in some papers that causes that big green-black blotch. ( water will cause it too).. but I've never tried distilled water.
I'm sure it has something to do with PH or the like... but whatever I am.. I am certainly no chemist...lol
Wouldn't it be great to get some direct feed back assistance from the chemical lab guys at Fuji who actually make this stuff and know what's going on?
That would sure help to eliminate all this "poke and hope" experimentation!
All my tests today were done using a new Daylab Copy System Pro
http://daylab.com/
Flat image copier.
My exposure settings were at
+4 and I either used NO color filters or I used a Cyan+magenta filter if there was too much yellow.
I should also note here for those who notice that my images seem contrasty...lol
....that these flat 4x6" color prints that I was making transfers from ...are extremely contrasty to start with .....because these color prints are NOT the
original images but in fact they themselves are copies of my actual original 35mm color transparencies that I duped to color negative film and had these prints made from those negs...lol
So by the very nature of all that duping ... especially in non-lab conditions causes dark contrasty prints.
Anyway... here are the results of all my tests... ENJOY and learn.
.. Then get out there and EXPERIMENT!
Peter G. Balazsy
www.pbpix.com http://en.allexperts.com/e/f/fu/fuji_transfer.htm