— Solution A-
-H2O @ 125’f or 52’c- 75ml
-Hydroquinone- 2.5g
-Potassium Metabisulfite- 2.5g
-Potassium Bromide- 2.5g
+ cold water to make 100ml
— Solution B-
-Cold water- 100ml
+ Sodium Hydroxide- 36g (or Potassium Hydroxide- 50g)
-Mix equal parts of A + B diluted in water immediately before use.
— Solution A-
-H2O @ 125’f or 52’c- 75ml
-Hydroquinone- 2.5g
-Potassium Metabisulfite- 2.5g
-Potassium Bromide- 2.5g
+ cold water to make 100ml
— Solution B-
-Cold water- 100ml
+ Sodium Hydroxide- 36g (or Potassium Hydroxide- 50g)
-Mix equal parts of A + B diluted in water immediately before use.
– some lith prints on foma matte nature 532-11 using LD20
concentration- A-30ml + B-30ml + 1600ml H20 @ 21’c + 400ml old brown to make up 2l working solution in a 12 x 16 tray.
There’s something about printing lith that feels right. Unlike conventional B&W there’s much more subjective control in the actual printing and trying to find a method to the seemingly random madness of the lith chemical is kind of interesting. Lith printing process has this kind of quality about it that forces you to improvise a lot more.
