![]() Getting an image printed on the Lab Printer that is something resembling the original is another matter. ![]() That’s the physical process of making an Polaroid emulsion lift. I recommend finding a nice rough paper to add a little texture to the final result. Here’s a selection of Polaroid emulsion lifts I have made with the above process. I managed to make 5 in less than an hour following the above steps. Not too difficult or time consuming once you’ve got the hang of it. This reduces the contrast of the final lift so to get over this I flip my image before I print it and then flip the emulsion so that the cloudy coating is on the paper side underneath the emulsion.Īnd that it. Tip – With B&W Polaroid there is a cloudy coating that as far I can work out cannot be removed.Gently work the emulsion with a soft brush and spread it out or use other techniques like getting water under a corner or side of the emulsion and working it in to shape.Don’t use really cold water as the emulsion will harden and be too hard to work. You can try and float the emulsion onto paper at that point but to be fair, I’ve just gently picked it up by 2 corners and placed it on paper in a different tray with cooler water.Once the emulsion is free it is very manageable in the hot water.It’ll come away quite easily with a little encouragement. Be gentle and don’t point the brushes in the direction you are brushing. Once one of the layers is separated you can start to brush the emulsion off the remaining layer. ![]() If any emulsion sticks, give a little more time and gently work it free with the brush. Use a gentle brush to hold the emulsion and sticking layer to bottom of your tray of hot water and gently peel the layer that’s come apart. ![]() Most times the clear plastic will come away from the emulsion but sometimes it will start peeling from the developer. Use your nail to just pick at the corners a little to allow hot water to start getting between the layers.Place in as hot water as you can handle.Cut all around the image a couple of mm outside the border.One of the pluses of doing this with the Lab Printer Roll forward a little while and I’ve been having fun with the Lab printer so I had another go at making emulsion lifts, but making sure I started with something easy.Ī little bit of experimenting and this is the process I landed on: I did try some, but creating multiple lift images for the panoramas was difficult and my fu was low so I parked that experiment. One of the reasons I got the Polaroid Lab printer was to make emulsion lifts of some of my Trichrome images. ![]()
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