[alt-photo] Re: Palladium Failures

[Kerik Kouklis]

Eric, if your after-development water rinse is alkaline (above pH 7)  that
will make clearing difficult. Try going straight from the developer to the
citric acid and see if that helps. 

-Kerik
www.kerik.com


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> photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf Of eric
nelson
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 7:06 PM
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> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Palladium Failures
> 
> Of course it couldn't just be happiness and light here, Nooo that would be
> too easy.  Now clearing is becoming an issue.
> 
> I rinse after development for a few minutes then into a 5% citric acid
bath for
> 10 minutes, another 10-15 minute rinse, and then 2 successive baths of
> sodium sulfite and edta 10gms ea. per liter.
> During the last wash I notice the telltale slight orange-ish tinge which
leads
> the print back to the citric bath and so on.  Since the client doesn't
want black
> around his image I have to mask these but that is a big help in seeing
clearing
> issues.  Previous prints yesterday weren't as much of an issue.
> Any hints out there?  It's Cot 320.  I have been adding additional edta
and
> sulfite as the problem persisted.
> 
> Jeez I'm even getting development lines!  Maybe I can hit *all* the
amateur
> booboos in one job!
> 
> 
> *_________________________________________________________
> ________________
> *Great Eric..happy printing!
> 
> humidity, humidity, humidity..
> 
> hehehehe
> 
> Best Wishes,
> Mark Nelson
> 
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> On Oct 5, 2011, at 4:50 PM, eric nelson wrote:
> 
> > Just want to say 'thanks' to those who got me going in the right
> direction.
> > I had a hard time believing I needed to humidify what's basically a
> > basement, but lack of failures since doing so proves it to be a good
idea.
> >
> > Also, I found that tube coating with Cot 320 is now working better
> > than a brush, i.e. not looking totally crappy.
> >
> > I run the evaporative humidifier overnight on low fan and turn it on
> > high when I get in in the morning.  The paper is sitting right next to
> > the humidifier.  After coating with a tube I let it sit for a couple
> > minutes
> and
> > then use a cool hair dryer on it.  When I say cool, it's only a couple
> > degrees warmer than the air.
> >
> > After drying both sides, I let the paper sit next to the humidifier
> > for 5 mins or so and then expose it.
> >
> > Works great and thanks again.
> >
> > Eric
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