Experimenting with mold coating

MarkCavin · Post by **MarkCavin** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:54 am

After seeing what Hans and others have done so far with mold coating, i decided to give it a try. I think it holds huge potential; the coating is as smooth and even as i have seen in any of my previous coatings. Unfortunately some of the emulsion sticks to the Rain-X plate, but i suspect it is because i am using a recycled commercial plate treated with Rain-X and that could be a big blunder on my part.

Exposure 4 minutes

fixed 15 seconds

3 mins water bath room temp

2 mins 70% IPA room temp

2 mins 99% hot IPA

Not a very good hologram, but after a whole series of failures, its good to be getting images again.

dave battin · Post by **dave battin** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:36 am

MarkCavin wrote:Not a very good hologram, but after a whole series of failures, its good to be getting images again.

On the contrary mark this is an excellent hologram and yes the road to DCG holography can be a bumpy one! Keep up the good work Mark!

MarkCavin · Post by **MarkCavin** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:22 pm

Thanks for the confidence Dave, and thank you for the processing tips at last Saturdays meeting, it seems to have made a real difference.

JohnFP · Post by **JohnFP** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:54 pm

Excellent work Mark!

and thank you for the processing tips at last Saturdays meeting, it seems to have made a real difference.

It's great to see this sharing of information. I have to take the time to let Dave know I think it's great that he is one of the few that openly shares his knowledge with others.

Godspeed Dave!