[alt-photo] Re: ECONOMICS OF TONING

[Mark Nelson]

Depends on the subject matter for me Keith. 

Mark Nelson
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On Aug 25, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Keith Gerling <keith.gerling at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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,
>> 
>>           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.
>> 
>> 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!
>> 
>>                                   BOB
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Please check my website:  <http://www.bobkiss.com/>
>> http://www.bobkiss.com/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "Live as if you are going to die tomorrow.  Learn as if you are going to
>> live forever".  Mahatma Gandhi
>> 
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