Question for Ryuji toning silver/gelatin prints with sulfide toners

Ryuji,

I was reviewing your web site for instructions on toning
FB silver/gelatin prints in direct or indirect sulfide toners.
I was quite surprised at your recommendation for only
a 1-3 minute rinse after fixing and before proceeding directly
to toning. My recollection is that a complete wash
is necessary before toning; a quick check of Kodak,
Ilford, and Fotospeed data sheets confirmed this.

Some observations and questions –

First, this is good news, eliminating the full wash sequence
before toning is a huge time & resource saver. Would you
please elaborate on how you discovered that this would work?
Is stain elimination the principle reason for the usual “wash
fully before toning” recommendation?

Second, is a residual hypo test such as Kodak HT-2
a reliable wash indicator after using sulfide toners?

Thanks,
Steve Tucker

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Received on Thu Nov 6 16:29:19 2003