Matt, I like your simple approach to making Pd Print. Yesterday I changed two black lights of my uv box. I am planning to fit a led uv fitting, this would be less cumbersome and simple. You have confirmed my approach to use a 8 mm thick & heavy glass on paper & negative when I make larger than 11X14 inch print. I can’t afford a vacuum exposures unit. I have two contact frames for regular printing. Also yesterday I received the Gampi Shikibu 23 gsm paper from Les Papier de Lucas. A luxurious paper with a great shine. I have a pleasure to share with you my workflow. Your videos are very inspiring to me. There is no nonsense here. Thank you from a small town of India. ❤
I made a UV exposure unit with $50 worth of UV LED light strips from Amazon, a $17 plastic box from IKEA, and a piece of glass that I took out of an empty picture frame. It works great for everything up to about 20” on the long side, and the bonus is I can flip the box over and store everything in it when I’m not using it.
Thank you Matt! The workshop last month was fantastic, and I finally have all of my chemistry and paper from Bostic. I have my black lights and just need to put the system together. This video gave me the last-minutes I needed for the light source. I'll be at it this weekend and I'll let you know how it goes. Oh, by the way everyone.... if Matt were to offer his workshop again, you should jump on the opportunity as soon as you can. Seriously... this Matt is the Bees Knees!!!
Last year I built an over complicated unit for making cyanotypes using wood I had lying around and AliExpress parts. I got a long LED strip in the 395-405 nm range, a 200 watt power supply (I just use 100 watt so I have a safety margin) and an electronic timer. All the parts probably cost me under 40 bucks and about a week of work (like I said, it's over-complicated). So, there's a way to go even cheaper than Home Depot.
what kind of paper do you use? im having a tough time finding something good. also what kind of clear "paper" do you use to print out the negatives? it looks frosted sort of
For the negative we are using Pictorico transparent and the actual paper mostly Arches Paper. We did a bunch of video about both topics, you should check it out ;)
No, disinfecting lights would be in the UV-C range. You want something in the UV-A part of the spectrum, maybe about 395nm or so. UV-C lights also have various health risks.
I use a $25.00 amazon black light led panel suspended (I use a manfrotto magic arm and clamp but that's because I had them) 9" over a scavenged election lawn sign laid across my bathroom sink. I have an old contact printing frame. I get reliable 8x10's with this setup with an exposure time of 5' 15".
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Matt, I like your simple approach to making Pd Print. Yesterday I changed two black lights of my uv box. I am planning to fit a led uv fitting, this would be less cumbersome and simple. You have confirmed my approach to use a 8 mm thick & heavy glass on paper & negative when I make larger than 11X14 inch print. I can’t afford a vacuum exposures unit. I have two contact frames for regular printing. Also yesterday I received the Gampi Shikibu 23 gsm paper from Les Papier de Lucas. A luxurious paper with a great shine. I have a pleasure to share with you my workflow. Your videos are very inspiring to me. There is no nonsense here. Thank you from a small town of India. ❤
You're very welcome! And good luck with the Gampi :)
I made a UV exposure unit with $50 worth of UV LED light strips from Amazon, a $17 plastic box from IKEA, and a piece of glass that I took out of an empty picture frame. It works great for everything up to about 20” on the long side, and the bonus is I can flip the box over and store everything in it when I’m not using it.
That's the way to do it!
Thank you Matt! The workshop last month was fantastic, and I finally have all of my chemistry and paper from Bostic. I have my black lights and just need to put the system together. This video gave me the last-minutes I needed for the light source. I'll be at it this weekend and I'll let you know how it goes. Oh, by the way everyone.... if Matt were to offer his workshop again, you should jump on the opportunity as soon as you can. Seriously... this Matt is the Bees Knees!!!
Hey Randy! That's awesome! Glad it helps and send us some picture of the entire setup when ready!
Last year I built an over complicated unit for making cyanotypes using wood I had lying around and AliExpress parts. I got a long LED strip in the 395-405 nm range, a 200 watt power supply (I just use 100 watt so I have a safety margin) and an electronic timer. All the parts probably cost me under 40 bucks and about a week of work (like I said, it's over-complicated). So, there's a way to go even cheaper than Home Depot.
what kind of paper do you use? im having a tough time finding something good. also what kind of clear "paper" do you use to print out the negatives? it looks frosted sort of
For the negative we are using Pictorico transparent and the actual paper mostly Arches Paper. We did a bunch of video about both topics, you should check it out ;)
@@HiddenLight I realized that after I left the comment, but couldn’t find the comment to delete it lol. Thanks dude!
So I got three cleanLight pro UV disinfecting lights 36 watts use for cleaning in green house. Would they work.
No, disinfecting lights would be in the UV-C range. You want something in the UV-A part of the spectrum, maybe about 395nm or so. UV-C lights also have various health risks.
I use a $25.00 amazon black light led panel suspended (I use a manfrotto magic arm and clamp but that's because I had them) 9" over a scavenged election lawn sign laid across my bathroom sink. I have an old contact printing frame. I get reliable 8x10's with this setup with an exposure time of 5' 15".
Sweet setup 😉 !
How do you like the FJ?