[Alt-photo] Re: Albumen Gold Toning

[francis schanberger]

Equal parts A and B at working strength. Just mix up enough to tone the
prints you are working with because it won't keep once you mix the two
together.

are both solutions at 0.2% already?

-francis

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Kurt Nagy <kakarott76 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I picked up a Albumen kit from Bostick and Sullivan not long ago and was
> going to try making a print tonight.  In the kit it has 250ml of Ammonium
> Thiocyanate (2%) and 250 ml Gold Chloride (.2%) but the documentation does
> not list the mixing formula for a working solution.  Their website only
> mentions that the kit includes a "250ml part A and B Thiocyanate gold toner.
>
> My initial guess (99% sure) would be its an equal part A/B mix but looking
> online I found this
>
> http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes/albumen/albumen-printing
>
> Diluting should only weaken the toner which would require a longer toning
> time frame correct?  A second question would be, is the gold toner a 1 shot
> or can it be reused until exhausted?
>
> Thanks
>
> Kurt
>
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