My/general (?) procedure:
Paper: Arches, 100% cotton, sized, coated with "standard" formula,
airdried, exposed, wash with water for 5 min, fix with Na
thiosulfaat.5H2O (50 g per litre) for 1-2 min;
I notice the following: no "brown" leaves the paper during washing, but as
soon as I put it in the fixer it turn dark brown (normal as I understand)
but also there is considerable bleeding of the dense brown parts and also
a bit of fading. My fixer turns brown quite fast and than contains little
brown "debris" which sticks to the paper.
So are these described things "normal" and if not what should I change
(make fresh fixer every time I print, dilute it more?)
Thanks in advance,
Groet,
Cor Breukel
http://ruly70.medfac.leidenuniv.nl/~cor/cor.html
"The Infrared Gallery"
http://ruly70.medfac.leidenuniv.nl/~cor/ir-gallery.html
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