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Cyanotype

Classic Formula

New Formula

Summarized from Mike Ware's Cyanoworks

Ingredients:

  1. Prepare Potassium Ferricyanide a. Weigh 10g of Potassium Ferricyanide into a 100ml glass jar b. Add 20ml of distilled water c. Stir until fully disolved.
  2. Prepare Ammonium Iron(III) Oxalate a. Weigh 30g of Ammonium Iron(III) Oxalate into a 100ml glass jar b. Add 30ml of distilled water c. Stir until fully disolved d. Add 0.1g of ammonium dichromate
  3. Add Potassium Ferricyanide to Ammonium Iron(III) Oxalate a. Stir well b. Set aside to cool and crystalize
  4. Separate green crystals from solution a. Filter the solution through a coffee filter into a 100ml glass jar b. The green crystals and be disposed of by rinsing with hot running water
  5. Take to working solution a. Prepare a brown glass bottle with label, stopper, etc. a. Add distilled water to take final solution to 100ml b. Transfer to the brown bottle and store in a dark location

Solution should remain good for at least 1 year

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