RE: Fixing Lumin Prints

RE: Fixing Lumin PrintsI think the loss of colour in the fix is unavoidable
because fixing removes silver halides and thus alters the configuration of
the silver grains (compacting them) so they don't reflect light in the same
way. Whether the fix is strong or weak, if it does what it needs to do,
it'll remove the silver halides.

Missed the start of this thread and therefore not sure if I'm talking about
the same thing, but something I used to do was to develop a print somewhat
lightly, rinse and transfer to a very weak dev - something like D-163 at
1:500 or 1:1000 if memory serves - and then take into bright sunshine for
development to continue and colours to appear. Yellows, greens and browns
on cold papers, blues, pinks and purples on warn, but they all turned
grey-brown in the fix. Maybe an iodide bath would stabilise the halides
without removing them?

Papers ain't what they used to be, but I used to get interesting tones by
bleaching a silver print in ferricyanide-chloride or similar, then
redeveloping under a bright light in (e.g.) D-163 at 1:200. If it's
redeveloped to completion, it shouldn't need fixing.

Liam
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Baird, Darryl [mailto:dbaird@umflint.edu]
  Sent: 12 September 2005 15:30
  To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
  Subject: RE: Fixing Lumin Prints

  I think this is a very good question. I also tried a 10% solution of hypo
and the colors largely faded (those were on the bottom row of my examples).

  I'm about to try a 2% solution, similar to the argyrotype process for two
miutes and see what happens...this will be on a dark-stored (one week)
image.

  ...to be continued

  Darryl Baird

  -----Original Message-----
  From: George L Smyth [mailto:glsmyth@yahoo.com]
  Sent: Sun 9/11/2005 9:46 AM
  To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
  Subject: Fixing Lumin Prints

  I have tried flowers and am not getting great colors. Unfortunately, when
I
  fix the paper the majority of them go away. I tried fixing with 10%
sodium
  thiosulfate but that is way too strong. My question is "how little can I
fix
  with the hopes that the paper will be properly fixed?" How far can I
dilute
  the fix and still have it effective, or am I just out of luck?

  Cheers -

  george

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Received on Mon Sep 12 10:36:04 2005