Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Who is they? certainly not Forte. especially when I wash for 1hr. Rob Mueller Electronic Data Systems E.solutions Consulting Enterprise Application Integration & Middleware Services 800 Tower Dr. Troy, MI 48098 248 265 3365 (Office) 888 997 1294 (Pager) - -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rabiner [mailto:mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 7:40 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W paper - Forte ARTHURWG@aol.com wrote: > > 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. Except they are saying now that you don't get Archivalness with 1:9. But if you've only toned a few prints you can pour it into a bottle and reuse it again. This I'm learning from Richard Knoppow's rec.photo.darkroom. It's a newsgroup and I have to remind myself to go over there. It's the only newsgroup I look and post to. Mark Rabiner