[alt-photo] Re: toning a kallitype with LiPd or CsPd

[Christina Anderson]

Eric,
In the subject line of my email it is corrected. In the original question asked of me it was wrong but then he corrected it, too, in a later email so he does understand it.
chris


Christina Z. Anderson
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On Apr 13, 2010, at 7:34 AM, EJ Photo wrote:

> LiPT? or do you mean LiPD? I don't believe that LiPT works/exist. Again, the
> process of a Ziatype , just like with "traditional" PT/PD printing needs
> more information in the chemical set up to answer that. 
> 
> Lithium and platinum don't play nice together. 
> 
> Eric Neilsen
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> Subject: [alt-photo] toning a kallitype with LiPd or CsPd
> 
> Dear All,
> Now onto other things aside from my printer woes.  I got asked this question
> and do not have any clue as to the answer. I guess because I just make pt/pd
> if I want them instead of toning silver processes...and I don't do the
> Ziatype process.
> 
>> Can I get the equivalent of a Ziatype by toning a kallitype with LiPt or
> CsPt salts rather than by including the LiPt or CsPt in the emulsion?
> 
> Does, in fact, the toning replace the silver as it does when toning a BW
> print--you get silver selenide or silver sulfide--or is it only partial or
> not at all?  Has anyone done it and can a chemist say what does happen at
> the chemical level?  If I remember, Don Bryant, you toned VDB with pt/pd
> didn't you? Is it a way to get a poor man's platinum perhaps?
> Chris
> 
> Christina Z. Anderson
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