[pure-silver] Re: Kentmere Kentona Weirdness

I was using Dektol. I started with a bottle of 1:3 that I was using the night before. When I saw the stains I made a fresh batch of 1:2, as I also noted my sheet could use a little more contrast. When that didn't do it I mixed a fresh batch of stop, then a fresh batch of Fix. I washed the paper for longer than normal. The dry sheets still show both the stains and the ghosty blotches. A sheet of ancient Agfa paper processed in the same fresh chems shows no stains, no spots.
I suppose I'll try Sprint's developer next, but what Richard says sounds right. The developer shouldn't matter.
Several threads ago it came up about the limited paper options out there. Too bad. 

E.

On Nov 27, 2008, at 1:03 AM, Ray Rogers wrote:


What Dev. are you using?

according to:
http://photo.net/black-and-white-photo-printing-finishing-forum/00OWFw
"The consensus seems to be that the removal of cadmium from the paper is the culprit and that (and the folks at Freestyle seem to support this) the paper should not be used with Phenodine-based developers, but only with metol-based developers." 

So perhaps you might try it with Dektol or D-72...

Ray




--- On Thu, 11/27/08, Elias Roustom <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Elias Roustom <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pure-silver] Kentmere Kentona Weirdness
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 4:53 AM
It's a #2 grade fiber paper, and I've had good luck
with it in the past.
Tonight was a disaster. The paper was showing little ghosty
dark spots that were not in the neg, then showing yellow
stain blotches throughout. Instead of printing, I spent the
night trying to figure out what it was. I changed everything
to fresh, dev, stop, fix, with some success - or so it
seemed - the spots didn't come back, but the yellow
staining stayed - kept to the edges for some reason. I tried
other papers that did not show the same problem. This paper
is a year old from a pack of 25. I can't imagine
it's fogged - that's not yellow is it? Bad batch?

I can't tell if the yellow comes at development, stop,
or fix, I just see it in white light.

Anyone else have experience with Kentona?

Elias
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