Graded Paper Reccomendations

[Martin Aislabie]

Interesting! I feel like I've heard that's it's a dangerous material to work with.

Its not dangerous but does deserve a little caution.

Use printing tongs and nitrile rubber gloves when toning plus the usual good darkroom practices of cleanliness and no food or drink.

Strong fresh solutions of Selenium can give off strong smells of amonia but working close to an open window overcomes any problems

Martin

[Michael Graves]

Oriental VC fiber developed in Ansco 130 gives about as black a black as you can get and has marvelous shadow detail. I have yet to find a graded paper I like better.

[Glenn Goldapp]

I am an ilford user also. Graded and Mulitgrade. Gallery is one of the best graded. But even Gallery has the greenish tent that I don't like. I am always unhappy with the blacks before I tone the print in Selinium. It cools the print slightly and instensifies most papers...Multigrade included.

[John Kasaian]

john nanian introduced me to Ansco 130 and I couldn't be happier! It hasn't made my finger nails all black like Amidol either