[pure-silver] Re: Five year old paper?
- From: DarkroomMagic <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: PureSilverNew <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 01:02:45 +0100
For FB papers, I have never used anything but Agfa and Ilford, and it is my
experience that Agfa paper loses its edge quicker than Ilford. I wouldn't
hesitate to use Ilford FB paper as old as 10 years if it was kept in the
fridge. If storage conditions are unknown, I wouldn't touch any paper older
than 2 years, because darkroom time is valuable, and I have no time to waste
it.
Having said all of that, paper does slowly get softer with age. This is not
necessarily a big problem with VC, because you can filter to compensate for
it. There is also a speed loss, which is even less of a problem.
Regards
Ralph W. Lambrecht
http://www.darkroomagic.com
On 2005-11-07 20:00, "Philippe Gauthier" <pgauth@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am offered a lot of FB paper for a low price, but I don't want to
> waste my money on fogged paper. This paper is about 5-6 years old and no
> special care was taken for its preservation, like freezing it or keeping
> it in a fridge, except that it was kept outside the darkroom. The brands
> are Ilford, Agfa, Oriental, Forte and perhaps some others, mostly VC, FB
> paper. What are the brands that are most likely to be fogged and those
> that are most likely to be still good? How long can I expect to keep the
> papers that are still good?
>
> Philippe Gauthier
>
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