[Alt-photo] Re: A DEFINITIVE ANSWER?

[John Brewer]

Hi Bob

I expect it could be done but I'm not sure what control you would have. Additionally it would liberate chlorine gas which is toxic. 

Best

John

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On 17 Jul 2013, at 16:31, "BOB KISS" <bobkiss at caribsurf.com> wrote:

> DEAR LIST,
> 
>            Can I or can I not bleach (even slightly) a print made mostly of
> palladium?  I have a print made of 95% palladium and it is a bit dark.  
> 
> 1)  Most books on pt/pd printing warn against using HCl as the first
> clearing bath with palladium prints because it can bleach them.         
> 
> 2)  Don Bryant posted Michael Mutmansky’s procedure for bleaching out black
> spots on pt/pd prints by first placing some dilute HCl on the spot and then
> some dilute chlorine bleach on the same spot.  Might this work on a macro
> scale by first immersing a print in the dilute HCl then into the dilute
> bleach?  
> 
> 3)  But, on the other hand, some people say that it is impossible to bleach
> up a dark palladium print.  
> 
>            Am I the only one who finds this contradictory?  
> 
>            Soooooooooooooooooooooo, has anyone had success slightly
> bleaching up a dark palladium print?  Or does this sound feasible?
> 
> Of course I am making another lighter print but is there any way not to
> waste the dark one?
> 
> 
> CHEERS!
> 
> 
> BOB
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