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Van Dyke

to 100 ml of distilled or de-ionized water add:(even a small amount of chloride in normal tap water can foul results)

9 grams of ferric ammonium citrate (green scales are more sensitive than the brown lumps)
1.5 grams of tartaric acid
3.75 grams of silver nitrate

Keep in dark as this mix is very light sensitive.

Agar Size - helps depth of shadows tremendously

Coat sized paper with the Van Dyke Brown mix and dry under a red or yellow bug light with a hair dryer. Contact print your negative in direct sunlight for 2-5 minutes.

Rinse print in distilled water and fix in 10% sodium or ammonium thiosulfate. Now you can do the final wash in normal tap water, including using hypoclear, etc. Print will be darker upon drying.

The image was not Agar sized