Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is not a good work flow for me, to selenium tone my prints directly after developing/stop/fix. I use a water holding bath that should further disolve any fix, then when I have a batch of images, I tone/hypoclear. I will try toning at my 1+10 directly after my fix and see what happens. Rob Mueller Studies in Black and White www.studiesinblackandwhite.com rob@studiesinblackandwhite.com - -----Original Message----- From: ARTHURWG@aol.com [mailto:ARTHURWG@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 8:20 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W paper - Forte I've been selenium toning Forte regularly for the last few months. I can tell you that 1:10 is way too strong. 1:20 should be the maximum for a color change, but weaker mixtures also work well and are necessary for the colors you seek.. I believe that the staining you describe comes from under fixing. I go from the fix to the selenium bath directly, with hypo-clear added as well. Then you must wash, hypo-clear again, and final wash. Forte is great! I love it.