platinum/gold toning

Chris Fox (Chris.Fox@awl.co.uk)
Wed, 30 Jul 1997 17:34:04 +0100

- I was just reading Peter Marshall's note about platinum toning, and I
wondered if anyone had a good simple recipe for platinum toner - is it Borax +
hot water + platinum, like the Gold Chloride recipe?

- In fact I wasn't that impressed with the results I got with my own home-made
Gold Chloride + Borax toner, and I've gone back to using the Tetenal Gold toner.
The gold + borax toned prints looked rather flat and muddy, whereas when I've
used the Tetanal toner I got a really beautiful 'plum' colour.
I expect someone will now tell me that the Tetenal stuff is just the same, but
it comes in a black bottle with a proper label on it!
This is the first time I've tried making my own gold toner - maybe if I vary
the times more I'll get better results. Has anyone else had any similar
experiences?

Chris Fox


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