domenico Foschi
2-Jan-2007, 17:12
Well, this is what happened:
Today was sepia toning day of some Ilford Warmtone 16 x 20's .
The tray are as follow. Presoak, Bleach, Sepia, Fixer, and H2O.
When I print in neutral tone paper I do not use fixer, but with warmtone paper I do in order to stop the toning action which otherwise would go on even in a tray of water.
I normally put a tray of water between the bleach and the sepia and the sepia and the fix to prevent untimely exhaustion, but not this time for lack of space and bcause I didn't have many prints anyway.
Today, as soon as I put the first print in the fixer, a dark brown precipitate formed, seeming to come from the shadows that I very rarely tone, not this time anyway.
This gunk tends to stick and stain the paper, especially in the unexposed borders
The toner I use is always the same: the Kodak sepia toner in the bags, the old formula,The fixer is the Arista no hardener.
Hoping there is somebody knowledgeable of the causes of this accident ....
Thank you in advance.
Today was sepia toning day of some Ilford Warmtone 16 x 20's .
The tray are as follow. Presoak, Bleach, Sepia, Fixer, and H2O.
When I print in neutral tone paper I do not use fixer, but with warmtone paper I do in order to stop the toning action which otherwise would go on even in a tray of water.
I normally put a tray of water between the bleach and the sepia and the sepia and the fix to prevent untimely exhaustion, but not this time for lack of space and bcause I didn't have many prints anyway.
Today, as soon as I put the first print in the fixer, a dark brown precipitate formed, seeming to come from the shadows that I very rarely tone, not this time anyway.
This gunk tends to stick and stain the paper, especially in the unexposed borders
The toner I use is always the same: the Kodak sepia toner in the bags, the old formula,The fixer is the Arista no hardener.
Hoping there is somebody knowledgeable of the causes of this accident ....
Thank you in advance.