windrivermaiden
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Here is the first successful indoor UV, gum dichromate print. Because I only have a single curly UV light in a regular hanging lamp, the printable area is only about 6 x 6 inches max. This print is 3.5 x 5 inches and deliberately printed "pastel" for effect. His little right hand is more magenta because he was under a pink umbrella.
It was also "hot washed": soaked in 4 still water baths of 105 degree F. for 10 minutes each instead of 4 still water baths of 68 degree F for 20 or more minutes each . The hot wash reduces the time needed to clear the unhardened gum, but also is risky because it makes the gum more fragile, and it takes very little to wash away the entire emulsion by mistake.
the paper is Stonehenge #140 hot press, triple sized with gelatine with a glycol hardner.