[alt-photo] Re: ECONOMICS OF TONING

[Keith Gerling]

Timely post, as gold has been selling off lately, but is by no means cheap.

I have no expertise in toning, but I do find it ironic that so many people
want to sepia, or brown-town a silver-gelatin print, but when confronted
with a brown or sepia VanDyke, argyrotype, etc., the first inclination is to
blacken it with gold-toning.

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:56 AM, BOB KISS <bobkiss at caribsurf.com> wrote:

> DEAR LIST,
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>            Dick's thread on his new process got me thinking about the
> economics of toning silver alt prints like salt and albumen.  One would
> have
> to live in a cave not to know that gold has reached its highest price ever
> on the metals market.
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> Depending on the supplier, gold chloride comes in at about $44 per gram and
> palladium chloride comes in at about $28 per gram.  Is it only the color
> and
> aesthetics that keep us all using gold to tone our silver alt prints
> instead
> of palladium?  Or are there issues of permanence (though I doubt it)?
>
> I haven't tried a palladium toner yet but since I buy palladium in larger
> quantities for palladium printing I get a better price per gram and since
> the price of gold chloride keeps climbing, it seems like a darned good time
> to try palladium toner on some salt and albumen prints.
>
> I am hoping to hear from anyone with experience with this.
>
>                        CHEERS!
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>                                    BOB
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