just to be sure i understand . i will spot the pinhole, refix, wash , tone then spot as i would any other white spot on a print? -------------- Original message -------------- > It's rather hard to control the bleaching action to exactly reproduce the > color > around the pin hole. Far easier to just bleach entirely and then using > spotting > color. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of anclancy@xxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 12:50 PM > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: bleaching pinholes > > > thanks, i remembered the process with the toothpick. But you are using > straight > iodine? I tried spotting the negative with Kodak's red scarlett spotting > dyes, > but it is leaving much too large of a spot (well, rather , I am leaving to > much > area) that i really want to go back and spot. Am hoping that this method will > leave a much smaller area to go back and spot. Practice is surely in order > for > this!! > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > I posted the use of a toothpick to apply the iodine. The size of the > > point of > > the toothpick can be reduced with a razor blade or with a piece of > > sandpaper. > > You want to completely reduce the pin hole and then use spotting color on > > the > > resulting white spot. > > > > Jerry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > On Behalf Of anclancy@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 11:25 AM > > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [pure-silver] bleaching pinholes > > > > > > Some where in my messed up filing system i thought i had a message > > from the old > > pure-silver group regarding using tinure(sp?) of Iodine for spot bleaching > small > > pin holes. Does this ring a bell with the "old timers"? Something about > > using > a > > toothpick with the Iodine, but i don't remember if the Iodine was "cut" to > > reduce strength, and then of course i am assuming one would re-fix after > > the > > process. > > > > Does this spark a memory chip for anyone? > > > > regards, > > ann clancy > > > > ====================================================================== > > ========== > > ============================= > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account > > (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and > > unsubscribe from there. > > > ================================================================================ > > > > ============================= > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account > > (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and > > unsubscribe from there. > > ================================================================================ > > ============================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account > (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and > unsubscribe from there. > ================================================================================ > > ============================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account > (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and > unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.