I suddenly realised my test was not complete: I only tesed the white borders, so I also put some 1+9 KRST on the golden borwn coloured area, and sure enough: a bright red stained spot appeared (which could be wipped of easily), so it's inadequate fixing after all, and through some "funny agitation" the borders are still white (somehow I find this hard to believe: the white borders arearound the grey , now brown sky and there is an abslute sharp border between both colours) Best, Cor > -----Original Message----- > From: Breukel, C. (HKG) > Sent: donderdag 29 juni 2006 13:42 > To: 'pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: RE: [pure-silver] Re: What happend? > > Hi Richard, > > > > > It could still be incomplete fixing. Some methods of > > agitation will cause more flow at the edges of a print than > > others. This can also be true of washing. The blotchy effect > > sounds like insufficent fixing to me. > > One way to find out is to test the print using either the > > sodium sulfide test or the Selenium toner test. The Selenium > > test is simply a solution of KRST diluted 1 part toner to 9 > > parts water. > > > Place a drop of either solution on a clear area of the > > print or film. Leave for a minute or two and blot off. There > > should be no visible stain. > > > I just did above test with KRST 1+9, no visible stain (the print was > untoned) > > I got offlist an JPEG which npretty much showed the same phenomena, golden > brown colour in a small "grey-zone", only on a partculair size of paper > > Best, > > Cor ============================================================================================================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.