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I have admit I have found working with new Polaroid Originals film to create emulsion lift prints extremely frustrating! Just when you think you've got your technique honed so you can make print with reasonable consistency you open the next pack of film and it behaves completely differently!
I found the main difference between my most recent bacth of Polaroid Originals i-Type Color film is that emulsion layer is once again sticking to the transparent mylar front layer (just like it used to with old original Polaroid film and Impossible film). But often bits of the layer of white rubbery developer tend to stick to the black plastic bottom layer. This causes a big problem because when this happens there is still a residue on the emulsion layer that will simply never come off.
I found that the best way to prevent this from happening is to only use really fresh prints. I.e. you need to separate the print layers within about 15 minutes of making the print.
I also found it helpful to go back to my old technique of trimming of about 1-2mm from all 4 sides of the Polaroid print. I then remove all of the white frame from the back of the print and trim the four plastic tabs from each corner that hold the layers together. So long as your are using a really fresh print all the white/grey layer of developer should stick to the emulsion layer.
Finally I found it worked well to use hotter water than I have used previously (90 degrees). When I did all this the layer of white/grey developer comes of quickly and cleanly.
The only problem now is that the hotter water does weaken the emulsion layer somewhat after it has separated from the transparent mylar.
I only got 5 triptych prints plus t single prints from my last batch of 6 packs of i-Type Color… ouch!!!!! (Much lower than my success rate from my 1st pack of Polaroid Originals i_type Color!) But I was very happy with this one :-)
Let's see if all this holds when I order my next batch of i-Type Color! Hopefully I will get a better success rate next time!!
polaroid1708
I have admit I have found working with new Polaroid Originals film to create emulsion lift prints extremely frustrating! Just when you think you've got your technique honed so you can make print with reasonable consistency you open the next pack of film and it behaves completely differently!
I found the main difference between my most recent bacth of Polaroid Originals i-Type Color film is that emulsion layer is once again sticking to the transparent mylar front layer (just like it used to with old original Polaroid film and Impossible film). But often bits of the layer of white rubbery developer tend to stick to the black plastic bottom layer. This causes a big problem because when this happens there is still a residue on the emulsion layer that will simply never come off.
I found that the best way to prevent this from happening is to only use really fresh prints. I.e. you need to separate the print layers within about 15 minutes of making the print.
I also found it helpful to go back to my old technique of trimming of about 1-2mm from all 4 sides of the Polaroid print. I then remove all of the white frame from the back of the print and trim the four plastic tabs from each corner that hold the layers together. So long as your are using a really fresh print all the white/grey layer of developer should stick to the emulsion layer.
Finally I found it worked well to use hotter water than I have used previously (90 degrees). When I did all this the layer of white/grey developer comes of quickly and cleanly.
The only problem now is that the hotter water does weaken the emulsion layer somewhat after it has separated from the transparent mylar.
I only got 5 triptych prints plus t single prints from my last batch of 6 packs of i-Type Color… ouch!!!!! (Much lower than my success rate from my 1st pack of Polaroid Originals i_type Color!) But I was very happy with this one :-)
Let's see if all this holds when I order my next batch of i-Type Color! Hopefully I will get a better success rate next time!!