{"id":6976,"date":"2013-05-01T17:22:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T17:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/?p=6976"},"modified":"2019-08-28T22:28:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T22:28:27","slug":"the-big-boil-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/the-big-boil-down\/","title":{"rendered":"The big boil down&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I boiled down my silver bath in a saucepan on our kitchen stove. Didnt stink as bad as I thought it would.<\/p>\n<p>Normally I&#8217;d just sun and filter my silver bath, and on the odd occasion I would put it on a darkroom heated plate for a few hours. What possessed my to boil it down I have no idea. The result was a pale yellow cinder toffee looking gloop. I was expecting pretty white silver nitrate crystals. Wish I had taken a picture now. I let it cool down and dissolved in distilled water. This ended in a milky yellow mixture.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of hours sunning in the studio and it turned from yellow to dirty grey. And after 5 filtering sessions it was almost clear.<\/p>\n<p>I shot this quick plate to see if it still worked or if I had had a very expensive experiment&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2013\/05\/OutWindowTest2.jpg\" alt=\"OutWindowTest2\" width=\"389\" height=\"504\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/OutWindowTest2.jpg 389w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/OutWindowTest2-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Its a quarter plate through the window to the abandoned yard next door to the mill. I love what the old glass pane has done to parts of the image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2013\/05\/OutWindowTest1.jpg\" alt=\"OutWindowTest1\" width=\"504\" height=\"390\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/OutWindowTest1.jpg 504w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/OutWindowTest1-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll filter again tomorrow after its settled overnight and re-test the SG.<\/p>\n<p>Looks like its going to be fine&#8230;. Phew!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I boiled down my silver bath in a saucepan on our kitchen stove. Didnt stink as bad as I thought it would. 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