Liquid Emulsion Quantities?

[Photo Engineer]

Liquid emulsion requires some thickness to achieve a good density so you cannot generally use a puddle pusher. If emulsion hits the paper unevenly, the paper swells and creates uneven spots.

For a beginner, a brush is good, but you may have to dilute the emulsion to make it spread right and you may have to put on more coats.

I use stainless steel to measure emulsion. Any non-magnetic stainless will work as long as you clean it and dry it afterwards.

PE

[dwross]

My apologies to those of you who are all too familiar with my defense of puddle pushers for emulsion coating. They work great with a little pre-preparation. A brush will give you a totally different look. It may very well be the look you want, but it must be said again that there are a number of very good coating options. Here are a couple:

http://www.thelightfarm.com/Map/Pape...m#PaperCoating

(full disclosure: I make the emulsion wells.)

[Gary Holliday]

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