[Alt-photo] Re: Was Sulfamic now VDB and pt/pd gold leaf

[Loris Medici]

Diluting the toner slows down the toning action, which makes possible
getting beautiful and controllable split tones.

Regards,
Loris.


2013/5/8 <sanking at clemson.edu>
>
> Gold toned vandykes are, in my opinion, the most interesting looking of
> the iron sensitive alternative prints. The beautiful blue-black look is
> truly unique in this type of print, and when toned, and processed
> correctly,  the prints are probably as stable as pt/pd prints.
>
> These days I do most of my printing with carbon transfer, but for those
> who might be interested in gold toned vandykes see my article.
> http://www.sandykingphotography.com/resources/technical-writing/vandyke
>
> And toning a print with the minimum solution of a gold-thiourea toner, as
> Loris describes, is very economical.
>
>
> Sandy
>
>
> > I see, OTOH 1g gold chloride would make 2000ml gold-thiourea toner which
> > is
> > pretty workable (in a use and discard regime) by diluting 1+2 or 1+3.
> > About
> > 60-150ml diluted toner would suffice for prints sized between 5x7" to
> > 11x14", in flat bottomed trays.
> >
> > I should find a vellum that works locally, haven't succeeded in that so
> > far, but I haven't looked hard enough.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Loris.