[pure-silver] Re: Selenium toning Kentmere Paper

[J Howe <jhowe@xxxxxx>]

Bogdan Karasek wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I recently bought a packet of KENTMERE Fineprint VC DW Fiber 
> Semi-Matte; it was the only Kentmere available.  I'm getting fed up of 
> Ilford papers which are the only papers available in Montreal Photo 
> stores. So, I wanted to try Kentmere, hoping it might be a suitable 
> replacement for AGFA MultiClassic.
> I tried toning the Kentmere in Selenium 1:9 for up to 15 minutes and 
> nothing happened.  Is it me or is it just the paper that doesn't tone 
> in Selenium?  The Agfa paper toned so beautifully in Selenium.
> Anybody else have experiences with Selenium toning and Kentmere paper? 
> Did anything happen?
> I was just looking through the Freestyle catalogue which I received 
> with some items I had ordered and noticed that there is a Kentmere 
> Kentona paper which is described as "sensitive to both warm tone 
> developers and various toning techniques including selenium toning."
> Unfortunately, it is a graded paper available only in #2 but 
> nevertheless, has anybody had any experience with selenium toning this 
> paper?  What about Kentmere Bromide paper?
> Cheers,
> Bogdan
Hi Bogdan;
Kentmere Fineprint VC neutral tone shows a change to a sort of plummy 
color in KRST and also shows enhanced D-max and contrast.  I purchased 
the Fineprint warm tone but haven't tried it yet.  Toning happens within 
a couple of minutes at 1:7 so you might try fresh toner.
The color change doesn't seem to be quite as much as Forte Polygrade V 
or Kodak's wonderful Polyfiber (still wishing I could get the kind of 
response as Polyfiber G).
Agfa's MCC took a very different color in KRST than the other papers 
I've mentioned, a deep chocolaty brown, and was easily "split".  The 
pinkish base sort of put me off, though.
Adox has plans to produce a clone of MCC 111 but the release date is 
this summer.
Regards,
JH
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