[pure-silver] Re: Okay, I'll start a thread: Forte semi-matt observations

When fog is a question whether from age or other
factors, I put a test strip in the fix and then
develop another one normally (unexposed except to
safelight) and compare them.  
If the developed one has fog, I'll add some bromide to
the developer and develop another strip again.
Since Forte went down the tubes at the begining of the
year, it may be hard to know when the paper was made,
but heat could very well be a factor in causing the
fog plus the age factor.  Hopefully some bromide will
help eliminate it.
Eric
 

--- Eric Maquiling <emaquiling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Its been killer hot in socal this summer.  Couldn't
> print until last week.
> I have a brand new box of 5x7 Forte Fiber semi-matt
> multi-contrast
> paper (bought in Spring).  I also have a bunch of
> the same paper
> (older box, but only about 6 months older) in my
> 8x10 paper safe.
> 
> I printed (attempted to) print from the 5x7 Forge
> paper that is in my
> paper safe.  I have it in the plastic bag that it
> came in.  All the
> prints I did (negs a little dense but that always
> fine before, just
> print on #2 filter) came out very grey.  The whites,
> after drying,
> looked blueish gray.  I thought it was the contrast
> of my negs but my
> print times were 60-70 seconds on #2 grade.  I
> thought the ambient
> light of the loooong exposure did something to the
> base.
> 
> So what I did, I took out a brand new paper, same
> type, new box, and
> put it on the easel, put some coins on it, and make
> a brief exposure.
> Same with other paper.  When dried, the paper in the
> paper safe had
> the same blueish-gray whites.
> 
> Since both papers were in my garage, but one was new
> in box, I thought
> the HEAT did something.
> 
> So I'm not really sure what happened with the paper
> that was in the
> paper safe (wrapped in black plastic).
> 
> Any theories?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Eric
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