Re: Question about pt/pd

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From: Kerik (Kerik@Kerik.com)
Date: 12/10/02-04:51:48 PM Z


Of course, if you really want to introduce color into a
platinum/palladium print, one or more layers of gum bichromate provides
endless possiblilities...

Kerik Kouklis
www.Kerik.com

Carl Weese wrote:

> Sandy,
>
> Cesium and lithium and ammonium and maybe others can all be made into double
> salts with palladium chloride, and these can then be used as part or all of
> the metals component of the ferric/metals solution mix to make the
> sensitizer. Additives like tungsten can also be tossed in. I did some
> testing with these combinations and wrote up those preliminary ventures in
> "The New Platinum Print"--Witho's experiments extend well beyond those quick
> trials and I don't know who else might have been exploring in the meantime.
> TNPP also includes instructions for Dick Sullivan's gold-toning technique as
> well as some tables indicating what to expect when combining the various
> develop-out and POP chemical combinations. Don't know if it's covered
> elsewhere. I don't think there's an extensive published treatment of, what
> to call it, exotic Pt/Pd variations for color.---Carl


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