[pure-silver] Re: Was Ilford -- Sulfide toners?

jeffrey a écrit :

These two toners are very different in many aspects (resulting image color,
chemistry, application and protection) but can be used together to
complement each other. What info would you require?


So, how do you use them together? In a single bath (mixed together), or one after the other in separate baths?

I have done the latter (with Sepia) and gotten a nice effect, though not one I would want to see ALL the time. 

The procedure is the following:

1. Make sure your print is wet
2. bleach for 2-3 minutes in ferricyanide
3. rinse thoroughly (the orange ferricyanide is difficult to wash)
4. tone in sodium sulfide about one minute
5. rinse
6. tone in selenium (KRST 1:8 for 5 minutes does a good toning job)
7. wash
8. dry

In short, you do the normal sepia procedure first and a normal selenium bath second. Don't do the opposite; a well selenium toned print doesn't bleach at all in ferricyanide and therefore doesn't redevelop in sodium sulfide.

PG

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