From: Sandy King (sanking@hubcap.clemson.edu)
Date: 06/23/00-05:14:48 PM Z
I just tried Kodak Rapid Selenium toner at the 1:100 dilution on a salted
print, leaving the print in the toning bath for 12 minutes. The color of
the print definitely changed, from a rusty orange/brown to a rather neutral
brown. However, there does appear to have been some bleaching of the print
because it lost a small amount of density in the toning bath.
Sandy King
> I don't think Kodak
>> Rapid Selenium Toner will work
>
>It does, actually, and the result is quite pleasing- I'll send you a
>scanned image if you want. I only tried the Kodak stuff because it was on
>the shelf, and for the same reasons as you outline I expected that it would
>not work, but hey presto, it does. I did use it at the 1:100 dilution as
>recommended by Franz here, leaving the print for 12 mins in the toning bath
>(which is
>a lot more than I'd leave a gelatin silver print).
>
>Maybe the effective dilution of the thiosulphate, now around 1:400, is such
>that the bleaching effect disappears; whatever, it works.
>
>Cheers
>
>Rod
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