Maco selenium does not contain sulfide in it. It is more concentrated than Kodak's that's it. Daniel > De : "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Répondre à : pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date : Sat, 30 Jul 2005 03:21:50 -0700 > À : <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Objet : [pure-silver] Re: Combination Toner Test > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel Bouzard" <Daniel.BOUZARD@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:28 AM > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Combination Toner Test > > > Hello Richard, > > What I use is a little bite different but it is supposed > to react more > or less like the old polytoner. I use it very diluted. > > Viradon 1ml > Sélénium Maco 2ml > Sodium carbonate 10% solution 35ml > Water 1000ml > > I put the print in the solution for 5 to 10 sec and then > run hot water > at 45°C on it for 2 to 3mn and then in 10% sultite solution > for 2 mn. > I use this mainly with Bergger CV CB a warm tone paper > and I get very > nice cooler slightly blue blacks and subtle slightly > yellowish hightlight. I > did not get colored borders as mentionned earlier with very > diluted > polysulphure toners > > Daniel > > I will post the version of this toner given in a Kodak > publication because it is closer to what you are doing. Of > course it uses Kodak toners. There may be differences in > the toners. I don't know what is in the Maco toner, there > are several variations of Selenium toners, some of which > have some sulfide in them. Viradon does not list Sodium > Carbonate as does KBT, this is on the label and MSDS but who > knows what is actually in it. > These two variations of the combination formula come from > a Kodak booklet titled _Professional Printing_ first 1953 > edition, included in the _Kodak Professional Handbook_. Here > are the formulas for reference. I have not tried either of > these. > Hue No.1 > Kodak Rapid Selenium Toner 17.0 ml > Kodak Brown Toner 75.0 ml > Kodalk 30.0 grams > Water to make 1.0 liter > > Replenish with KRST diluted 1:5, add 30 ml for per 10 8x10 > prints per liter. > Use full strength. Tone for about 3 minutes at 70F > > Hue No.2 > > Kodak Rapid Selenium Toner 2.0 ml > Kodak Brown Toner 100.0 ml > Kodalk 8.0 grams > Water to make 1.0 liter > > Tone prints for 7 minutes at 70F > Replenish using KRST diluted 1:20, add 30ml for each 10 8x10 > prints toned per liter. > > The two tones are described as: No.1 a "rich, red-brown" and > No.2, a "warm brown". > The instructions state that No.2 tends to reduce the > print slightly so prints to be toned should be slightly > darker than desired. > > I did note any tendency to bleach with the original > formula. > > The text states that the Selenium toner is carried off > with the prints so it must be replenished with KRST as > specified. > > Since posting I have also tested the original combination > formula on prints made on Freestyle Arista II, which I > believe to be Kentmere paper. It toned very quickly to a > purplish brown. Complete toning seems to occur within 2 > minutes at room temperature. This paper tones is neutral to > slightly cold when developed in Agfa Neutol Plus. KRST 1:9 > turns it a slightly purplish color with some intensification > (about 5 minutes). In Kodak Brown toner it turns a slightly > reddish brown, not really sepia, but a much stronger color > than in Selenium. Toned for about 5 minutes at 90F. In the > combination toner the paper becomes a cool sepia, strongly > colored. Toned for 2 minutes at 75F. There appears to be a > very slight toning or staining of the highlights with KBT > and the combination toner but these are bled edge prints so > there is no clear unexposed area to compare. The difference > is apparent only on direct comparison to the white area of > an untoned print on the same paper. > > --- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ============================================================================== > =============================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) > and unsubscribe from there. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > Wanadoo vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. > Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. > > ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.