Re: lumen prints

From: Ryuji Suzuki ^lt;rs@silvergrain.org>
Date: 09/25/05-07:33:39 PM Z
Message-id: <20050925.213339.139591731.lifebook-4234377@silvergrain.org>

From: Ken Sinclair <photo1@telusplanet.net>
Subject: lumen prints
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:46:05 -0600

> I now have to wonder if this stabiliser would be a suitable
> candidate for allowing for a longer storage of lumen prints with
> minimal loss of the "coloured" image without its complete loss by
> thiosulphate fixation.

The active agent in the stabilizer bath is thiocyanate. Thiocyanate
forms insoluble and relatively photo-insensitve silver compounds when
the concentration is in the right range, but the result is not
archival like properly fixed prints.
Received on Sun Sep 25 19:33:53 2005

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