Eric Nelson wrote:
I had three RC prints do virtually the same and it was the glues used in the mounting. Not done by me. They were mounted under glass.I got a call from Mike Bain from Ilford/Harman, and his opinion, as well as one other person he consulted, is that these prints we've been discussing havesuffered oxidative bronzing.Now to me bronzing has been a defect that presents as a reflective mirror effect with little or no discoloration such as an over exposed albumen print, but Mike assured me this is different and is attributed to pollutants of one kind or another.
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His only suggestion to prevent this from happening is selenium toning for a few minutes in either 1:19 or 1:31 dilutions. I had always thought that silver prints processed & washed well would be fairly archival and that selenium gives and added amount of stability for the truly paranoid and also cools the image, but it seems from this conversation that selenium is pretty much a necessary part of the silver process when sending off work to unknown environments and handling.
At the 1:31 dilution I doubt there would be any colour change.Afga Sistan is also recommend for similar reasons. Apparently it has been re-released by AO ??
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