For me it came down to simplification.
Wet plate is hard enough already without a additional 10 000 variables. Too many wet plate photographers create their own problems by jumping about like a drunken Jack Rabbit. Trying this, doing that, never satisfied, always unsure.
SIMPLIFICATION and STANDARDIZATION is the key. Make a plate you like, then stick to that, same everything after that. If you simplify and standardize, everything becomes easier.
Make plates, not tests!
Note* My friend Kurt M, helped me with this concept!