[pure-silver] Re: bleaching pinholes

  • From: anclancy@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:28:04 +0000

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?
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> 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 
> > 
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