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george
--- Handmade Photographic Images http://www2.ari.net/glsmyth/On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, David Aguilar wrote:
> Mike, you wrote: > > >David, > > >Modern selenium toners do not work well on albumen. The image will begin > >to tone, then very quickly begin to stain and spot the print. The final > >colour is a dull greenish grey, Not very appealing. > > >Traditionally, gold toning was done before fixing, If you want to try > >selenium, I'd suggest you tone after fixing. In this case you need to > >substantially over-print the image as untoned albumen will be bleached > >during fixation much more than gold-toned albumen. > > > When toning in selenium a FB paper, we have to be careful with acidity left > in the paper by the fixer, because it causes stains in the paper. Maybe a > bath in an alkaline solution before toning can avoid the stains also in > albumen paper (if they are caused by acidity).then, it would be possible to > do the toning before fixing to avoid the bleaching. > What do you think? > > David Aguilar > daguilar@bhnet.com.br > >