I am always amazed how scaping away at post processed gelatin how it can dull a razor blade in nothing flat. It can take somewhere between 1-2 blades to trim a 5x7 hologram.
Are there any other effective way of doing this?
Also, I am amazed how some film runs are extremely difficult to srape off some emulsions come off the glass while others are easy. The odd thing is that there is no correlation between noise or brightness.
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Hi Tony, ive found as im sure you have as well it's important to use only one side of the blade and this seems to help a bit, in talks w/Auggie he reccomended a slight moistining of the edges using a soaped mixture w/water to first soften the coating. I have found its actually easier on the blades to make a wider boarder as the razor has more contact w/glass preventing dulled spots on the razors edge. I'll let you in a secret I use to make large boarders as in the skull holo below. After the unexposed film is dried i apply a vinyl mask to the approxamate final size of my hologram and roll it out to exclude all air arround edges, then simply wash off the unexposed edges w/warm water and a soft scrubby, then a quick warm air blow dry, then remove the mask and after final processing ,trim an additonal 1/8 inch off the edges to clean things up a bit. The difference in the hardness of the film is due to many factors (you know this), soft is easy to remove and hard film is more difficult. I hope this helps !
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Thanks Jeff, i didnt realise the freedom to display @ ISDH if i had known better i would have brought more! Recently the local library/gallery has contacted me about doing another display so ill be busy making more holos in preparation for it, so stay tuned on that one. I promise to bring much more to ISDH 2015 !
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Thanks again Dave for the advise.
I tryed it last night and the soapy water worked like a charm.
It really saves a ton of time. I think that the stock price for razors will be dropping soon
I guess that is why Augie is a true master
I agree with Jeff that the holograms look great!!
As related to the other post you made, you are indeed an artist!
I tryed it last night and the soapy water worked like a charm.
It really saves a ton of time. I think that the stock price for razors will be dropping soon
I guess that is why Augie is a true master
I agree with Jeff that the holograms look great!!
As related to the other post you made, you are indeed an artist!