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Re: Vandyke Brown
Chris
I have many vandyke for years no fade. I have gold toned many.
You can some pinhole vandyke toned I did in www.pinholeformate.com
Your use of selenium is of interest what was you mix?
James
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>> From: CMPatti@aol.com
>> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> Subject: Vandyke Brown
>> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 21:12:27 -0400 (EDT)
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>> I've been playing around w/ my first bottle of VDB. It's so cheap and
>> easy,
>> I figured there must be a catch, so I began to wonder, how permanent is it?
>> I believe I've heard that, because the silver grains are finer than in
>> silver
>> gelatin, it's more susceptible to chemical attack. Then I thought, maybe
>> toning would help. I tried a couple of prints in selenium, which turned
>> them
>> from brown to a slightly warm grey ("these sure do look a lot like
>> platinums") and bleached them somewhat (OK, b/c my first efforts were too
>> dark after dry down). So questions for you VDB afficianados: (1) Will
>> these
>> prints last? (2) Will selenium toning make them last longer? (3) Any
>> suggestions on paper? (I was using some Arches Platine I had lying around;
>> worked OK.) (4) Is there any way to control contrast, or do I just have to
>> make perfect negatives? Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Chris Patti
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