Response to increase gloss on photo papers

I believe that Brett Weston used Oriental Seagull G paper (among others). Based on what I have read, and upon seeing many of his images in galleries and museums, I believe that he dried them “normally” and did not use a ferrotype plate. As noted above, some people used a ferrotype plate about 35 years ago, and the glycerin was needed to get consistent contact with the metal plate. I doubt if the glycerin itself (without the ferrotype plate) increases gloss, but I am not 100% sure. Having tried ferrotype drying many years ago with the infamous Premier dryers, its much more trouble than it's worth (I had many “failures”) to do this unless you have a very expensive automated ferrotype drying machine.

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