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    Home Made Toners

    Hi there,
    I am new to this forum. I sure hope you all can help me!!

    I am teaching a class this weekend on Home Made toners (per students' request) and I need links, articles and tips.

    My objective is to use supplies that one would have at home or can get quickly from a tea, coffee, wine, kool-aide, vinegar. We do not have a budget to buy any fancy chemicals. The goal is to be creative with what you have at home!

    Any ideas?

    Thank you in Advance!
    Peavy

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    Re: Home Made Toners

    at a crafts store you can find reed dye
    all colors, from black to white ... i have used them a lot.

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    Re: Home Made Toners

    Sorry No arts and crafts store with in 100 miles of me.
    Is it something you can get at Walmart? And how do you use them?

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    Re: Home Made Toners

    Coffee can be used as a brownish, sepia-like toner. Though given the price of groceries these days, you might be better off just buying some sepia toner.
    Brian Ellis
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    Re: Home Made Toners

    Quote Originally Posted by Peavy View Post
    Sorry No arts and crafts store with in 100 miles of me.
    Is it something you can get at Walmart? And how do you use them?
    maybe you can get rit dye at your grocery store or walmart ...
    you just add the color to water and soak the print in it ...
    until the desired color is arrived at ...

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    Re: Home Made Toners

    I like tea as a toner, Tetley tea bags give me a sort of pinkish tone.

    bob

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    Re: Home Made Toners

    I think it's common (or at least, not unusual) to tone cyanotypes in coffee or tea -- tannin being the active ingredient. As I recall (better check this), you have to bleach the cyanotypes first (in amonia?), then tone in strong cofee or tea.

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    Re: Home Made Toners

    I recently saw some interesting prints toned in sage brush, boil it down and filter thro coffee filter and let cool...dont use the stems...

    The class might get a kick out of discovering their own toning formulas?

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