Re: Gum : dichromate concentration

I can't speak for Judy, but I'll just butt in here to say that within 5
or so minutes of being in the water, for me the yellow dichromate clears
completely from the entire print, including borders.

It must not be the gum, because if I remember right you're using the
same gum I've always used, the Photographers' Formulary powder. But I
also haven't seen any stain with any of the gums I'm trying out now.
kt
 

Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
>
> Has your yellow dichromate stain cleared always from the borders, too?
> And in 10 or 20 minutes of "development" as well as longer development?
> Mine never cleared from the borders with the high dichromate concentration
> unless I potassium metabisulfited it. In reference to cadmium yellow, this
> is the first time I have experienced clear, brilliant yellow borders and not
> yellow ochre ones, even when I used to clear it. I know that is a function
> of exposure, but you have to expose the image area enough to get it to
> stick, and the borders always were therefore overexposed (I don't mask my
> borders). So, now, even the borders look good!
> Chris
Received on Sun Nov 30 21:10:34 2003