[Alt-photo] Re: Albumen Gold Toning

[Kurt Nagy]

Appreciate the help.  Just got an email from B&S, per them

"Hi Kurt,
 
Yes, 50ml of A with 50ml of B and dilute with 900ml of water.  After 
each print you can add 10-15ml of gold to the bath to replenish.  the 
thiocyanate isn’t necessary to replenish, so that means you’ll run out of the 
gold chloride first if toning a lot of prints."




> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 22:53:26 -0400
> To: alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org
> From: photographeur at nerdshack.com
> Subject: [Alt-photo] Re: Albumen Gold Toning
> 
> For reference, the canonical thiocyanate/gold toner for albumen prints was:
> 
> Sodium thiocyanate ..........................15-20 g
> 1 % Gold chloride solution ................ 60-80 ml
> Water.......................................to make 1 liter
> 
> I have used thiocyanate/gold toners, but I much prefer borax/gold 
> toners for albumen prints.  A classic formula was:
> 
> Borax (sodium borate) ........................... 10 g
> 1 % Gold chloride solution...................... 40 ml
> Water .......................................to make 1 liter
> 
> Both formulae from Reilly's Albumen & Salted Paper book 
> <http://albumen.conservation-us.org/library/monographs/reilly/>
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> etienne
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