I've had the black flecks too but it's been a long time sing I've had to use KRST. One thing I remember from using it is it has a strong ammonia smell. Does yours? Eric --- "Nicholas O. Lindan" <nolindan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "Bogdan Karasek" <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > I've run into some unexpected problems toning with > KRST. ... > > I diluted the selenium 1:9 in distilled water as > is my habit. > > By the time I had the second sheet of Kentmere in > the toner, > > the toner started turning brown and by the fifth > sheet, the > > toner looked like liquid fudge > > This sounds very odd. I have had very small amounts > of > a black flaky precipitate form in the bottle but > nothing > like you describe. > > I did have something like this happen once - though > it > wasn't with KRST. I had added alcohol and ammonia > to a > jug of distilled water to make window cleaner. > Then, > of course, forget what was in the jug and used it as > > distilled water for making up chemistry. I couldn't > figure out what was going wrong ... > > Could you be using spent fixer instead of distilled > water? The silver in the old fix will go a deep > red-brown color by the action of the KRST. > > == > Nicholas O. Lindan > Cleveland Engineering Design, LLC > Cleveland, Ohio 44121 > > ============================================================================================================= > 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. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com ============================================================================================================= 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.