You might want to check out http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/Technical_papers/paperneg.htm. It has some more info on the topic.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry and Katherine Green-Ellison" <peace...@etex.net> To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 8:53 AM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] RE: stripped negative > I used the method as Leezy described. For you experimenters, I did find a > certain chemical solution that made peeling the emulsion from the paper > backing much easier, but I've forgotten which chemical. A hundred years ago > photographers who used glass plates stripped the emulsion off all unuseable > negatives so the glass plate could be recoated and used again. Then in the > 1940s, pictorial photographers who made paper negatives discovered the > process all over again. And in the 1970s, as far as I know, the procedure > was used mostly by people making scenic lamp shades from RC prints. Jerry E > > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.p at ???????/discussion/ >
