The ferrotype and how to make it - The Grian Press

THE COLLODION PROCESS. Ill
panied by any. If it proves satisfactory, it may
be finished at once; or if not quite pleasing to
the sitter, it may be placed in a rack and an-
other plate prepared and exposed in the same
manner as before, introducing such changes as
the sitter may suggest as desirable, always taking
care to ascertain the exact nature of the change
required, unless it is quite apparent to yourself
from the defects of the picture already made. In
such case, it becomes the duty of the operator
to himself as well as the lady—to make another
sitting, suggesting and making such alterations
as may appear desirable.
A satisfactory picture having been secured, it
should be thoroughly washed, taken to the dry-
ing stove, and the water evaporated from its sur-
face by heat. All Ferrotypes are, or should be,
colored or tinted, which is done by applying
finely pulverized dry colors to the pictures with
a soft camels hair pencil brush. Ordinarily only
the cheeks and lips are tinted, which takes but
a few moments as the color is applied quickly,
the brush being ])ressed more closely to the
parts where the color is to be strongest. The
surplus color is then brushed off with a soft
blender, which also blends the color on the
cheeks from the highest softly down to those
parts requiring none at all. After the coloring
the }»ictures are varnished, and again subjected
to heat, unless the varnish is of a self-drying
nature. Most Ferrotype varnishes require a
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