[pure-silver] Re: Selenium toning Kentmere Paper

At 04:02 PM 3/31/2008, you 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
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I've had some success toning some Arista that I think was Kentmere but it may not have been the same stuff. Selenium will not cause a noticable color change for some papers, particularly cold or neutral tone ones. It is still toning and will produce some intensification. A bleach test will probably show that the prints you toned _are_ toned even though there was no color change. You might try Kodak Brown Toner but it also is more effective in causing a color change in warm tone paper than cold although, like Selenium, it protects the image even when there is no perceptible color change. About the only toner which effectively changes the color of cold tone papers is the bleach and redevelop type like Kodak Sepia Toner, but one must tone fully. 



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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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