[pure-silver] Re: Using ruined printings

  • From: <C.Breukel@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:28:49 +0200

Hi Bogdan, 

You could try FSA toner (if the KRST did not protect all the silver that is), 
added bonus is that FSA toner is capable of many different hues an it 
intensifies an image, which is good I guess, because you will loose density 
after re-fix I guess....

Best,

cor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bogdan Karasek
> Sent: donderdag 10 april 2008 1:04
> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [pure-silver] Using ruined printings
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Now that I ruined about 20 prints because I used acetic acid as a fixer
> and then toned them in Selenium toner,  I don't want to throw them out
> but see what I can salvage, maybe do something with them.
> 
> First off, Should I fix the prints properly in order to use them for
> other things.
> 
> Several ideas I want to try.
> 
> Bleaching (partially) the prints and then leaving them like that, not
> toned.  Should I do something special to stabilize the bleaching
> process, stopping  it.  Would fixing (hypo) do the job?
> 
> Can I retone the prints... bleach and then sepia, yellow, brown, blue
> toner????  retone in Selenium???
> 
> Is there something that I can put on the paper in order to inhibit
> bleaching in that particular spot.  An example off the top of my head,
> if I dripped wax (x) in certain areas of the paper, would bleaching be
> inhibited under the wax (x).  Is there an (x) that will inhibit the
> bleaching?  Something that I can write with on the paper and then the
> bleaching would be inhibited under the writing?
> 
> Any comments and ideas are most welcome.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bogdan
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