Re: The 20X24" Pt/Pd/Kallitype print

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From: Sandy King (sanking@clemson.edu)
Date: 04/29/03-04:21:43 PM Z


Clay,

Thanks very much. I had figured about the same but thanks so much for
verifying my calculations.

Sandy

>>are both 20% solutions?
>>
>>Here is what I figure that is needed to fully tone a 20X24"
>>kallitye print with platinum or palladium #3 solutions. I prepare
>>one liter of toning solution using 5ml of the #3 solution, which
>>according to my estimates amounts to only 1g of metal, since it is
>>a 20% solution. To tone the 20X24" print I use about 200ml (or 1/5
>>of 1g of metal salt) of the working toner solution, so I calculate
>>that the amount I am actually using to tone a print this size is
>>0.2g of palladium or platinum. Do these figures make sense, and if
>>so, what is the equivalent amount being used to make a real Pt/Pd
>>print?
>Oh, sorry. The answer would be 0.96g , so roughly 5x as much.
>
>>
>>Sandy


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