At 21:37 24/09/99 +1000, you wrote:
>I also have wondered whether there were other more "arty" toners around
>(coffee/tea, etc) but of late, I am much more interested in the archival
>properties of the fibre-based paper/toner combinations. For me,
>permanence is everything after losing literally hundreds (over thirty
>years worth) of RC prints and negs in a storage disaster.
Ouch :-(
> Fibre based
>prints all survived intact. Never again, boys & girls! They are my
>history.
Selenium and gold are generally reckoned to be archival toners, although
there have been doubts cast on selenium recently in rec.photo.darkroom. RC
papers are of questionable stability, toned or otherwise.
Properly processed and washed fibre prints should last 100years or more. I
have my doubts about the stability of coffee-toned prints....but there is,
coincidentally in the latest Camera + Darkroom magazine (UK) an article on,
wait for it, developing film in coffee! Apparently, 100g of Sainsbury's
Continental Blend will develop film quite nicely, provided the film's been
overexposed two stops and you're prepared to agitate for thirty minutes ;-(
Personally, I'll stick to Rodinal!
Richard
Regards
Richard
Richard Ross
Hemel Hempstead, England
rhdesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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