----- Original Message ----- From: "DarkroomMagic" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "PureSilverNew" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 2:00 PM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: SPAM DETECTED: Re: Viradon vs KBT > The toning-stop bath should be a 10% sodium sulfite > solution used right > after toning (well I rinse for a minute prior). KHCA stock > is a 20% sodium > sulfite solution but at working strength only provides 4%, > which is not > strong enough, as Richard mentioned. I hate to 'waste' > KHCA stock as a > toning-stop and will get some sodium sulfite to prepare > the required sulfite > solution at much less cost. > > BTW, I have gone to a Viradon 1+48 solution, which is > working fine now. The > sulfur deposit seems to happen only initially. I ran the > solution through a > coffee filter the next day, and it did not re-occur, but > it still toned > strongly. > > > > > > Regards > > > > Ralph W. Lambrecht > KHCA is a 10% solution, the working solution is 2%. KHCA stock is probably satisfactory as an after toing bath but is expensive compared to plain sulfite. --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================================================================= 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.