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From: "DarkroomMagic" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PureSilverNew" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:02 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Five year old paper?
For FB papers, I have never used anything but Agfa and Ilford, and it is myI think the longevity of paper depends partly on when it was made and on its type. I am currently using some Kodak Medalist which must be 20 years old and works perfectly but I have had other Kodak paper, notably old Polycontrast, which was useless after only a couple of years. The same for Agfa, I have some Brovira, again at least 20 years old, which works fine, no fog or apparent loss of sensitivity of contrast, but other papers do not do so well. All of this was stored in a garage with no special attention to temperature although its dry there.
experience that Agfa paper loses its edge quicker than Ilford. I wouldn't
hesitate to use Ilford FB paper as old as 10 years if it was kept in the
fridge. If storage conditions are unknown, I wouldn't touch any paper older
than 2 years, because darkroom time is valuable, and I have no time to waste
it.
Having said all of that, paper does slowly get softer with age. This is not
necessarily a big problem with VC, because you can filter to compensate for
it. There is also a speed loss, which is even less of a problem.
Regards
Ralph W. Lambrecht
http://www.darkroomagic.com
--- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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