terra_monk
15-Aug-2016, 04:52
hi everyone,
I am experimenting with different toner combinations for kallitype. The Gold Toner #2 from Sandy's kallitype article becomes muddy and quickly separates leaving a heavy dark-brownish sediment on the bottom. I tried toning but almost no effect on the print. I use fresh components purchased from B&S. When mixing use distilled water, first dissolving tartaric acid and thiourea and than add the 1% gold chloride in proportions suggested. The resulted mix gets muddy with separation as soon as I add the gold into the mix. I tried mixing using a difference sequence but ending up with same result.
Would this be result of a messed up chemical component i.e. mistake by B&S or one of the ingridients gone bad?
I used same Gold chloride to mix the Toner #1 without thiourea and the toner was OK-ish.
Thank you for any suggestions.
I am experimenting with different toner combinations for kallitype. The Gold Toner #2 from Sandy's kallitype article becomes muddy and quickly separates leaving a heavy dark-brownish sediment on the bottom. I tried toning but almost no effect on the print. I use fresh components purchased from B&S. When mixing use distilled water, first dissolving tartaric acid and thiourea and than add the 1% gold chloride in proportions suggested. The resulted mix gets muddy with separation as soon as I add the gold into the mix. I tried mixing using a difference sequence but ending up with same result.
Would this be result of a messed up chemical component i.e. mistake by B&S or one of the ingridients gone bad?
I used same Gold chloride to mix the Toner #1 without thiourea and the toner was OK-ish.
Thank you for any suggestions.