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\"SELENIUM<\/a>Everyone has their personal way of doing most anything.\u00a0\u00a0 I have sorted through what works for me and it may not be the only way to do things, but it is the way I have refined and standardized my working habits.\u00a0 (I hate the term \u2018workflow\u2019 sounds way too digital for me.)\u00a0 What I have tried to do is explain how I work in the darkroom.\u00a0 You can use my methods as a starting point and determine what works best for you.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Selenium toning of finished prints is a given for what we do.\u00a0 Every print is toned in selenium, for permanence, a slight shift in print color, and to enhance tonal range.\u00a0 We have used numerous dilutions of toner and what works for one paper and developer combination, may not work for another.\u00a0 When it comes to the dilution and time, you have to experiment.<\/p>\n

Here is how we selenium tone prints.\u00a0 Not sure exactly where all of this came from.\u00a0 Some from Ansel Adams, others from Fred Picker.\u00a0 Never the less, here is our standard procedure.<\/p>\n

Prints are developed, stopped in acid stop, then fixed in an acid sodium thiosulfate fixer for four (4:00) minutes.\u00a0 The finished prints are rinsed in running water for five (5:00) minutes or so, then transferred to an archival washer.\u00a0 \u00a0The washer is used as a holding bath during a printing session that may last all day.<\/p>\n

Once printing is finished, each print is evaluated and may receive further processing by some selective bleaching.\u00a0 After bleaching, the prints are washed again in running water and again end up in the archival washer for storage.<\/p>\n

At this point it is time to start toning.\u00a0 We use three trays when selenium toning.\u00a0 The first contains plain hypo (Hypo), the second selenium toner at some predetermined dilution (Toner), and the third tray is hypo clearing agent (HCA).<\/p>\n

Prints are removed two at a time and placed, back to back, in the Hypo tray for about four (4:00) minutes.\u00a0\u00a0 This is your second fix.\u00a0 The Hypo is an alkaline fix and is necessary to prevent stains, since any acid in the toning solution will result in undesirable stain.\u00a0 If you use an acid first fix as we do, be sure to wash well before placing into the Hypo.\u00a0 You do not want to carry any acid into the alkaline Hypo.<\/p>\n

After the plain Hypo, prints are drained and transferred to the Toner tray.\u00a0 Start the timer. . . Toning times vary.\u00a0 We adjust the Toner dilution to yield a Toning time between two (2:00) to about four (4:00) minutes. \u00a0 The Toner tray requires continuous agitation by tipping front to back and side to side.\u00a0 As soon as the prints are in the Toner tray, two more prints from the washer are added to the Hypo tray.\u00a0 The prints in the Hypo tray are used as a reference to judge the amount of change that is happening in the Toner tray. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

When the prints in the Toner tray have reached the desired tone, they are drained and moved to the HCA tray.\u00a0 The prints in the Hypo are moved to the Toner and two new prints are added to the Hypo.\u00a0 When the HCA tray gets its second set of prints, the set that has been in the longest are rinsed in running water, then moved back to the washer. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

This is a daisy chain process that continues until all of the prints have been process and are back in the washer.\u00a0 The idea is to fix the prints for about four (4:00) minutes in the Hypo. . . Tone for two to four (2:00-4:00) minutes. . . then about four (4:00) minutes in the HCA.\u00a0 These times may vary, and is not that critical.\u00a0 You need to second fix, in Hypo, for no less than three (3:00) minutes and HCA for the same amount of time. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Once all of the prints are back in the washer, wash as usual. For us, our tested time is about one hour.\u00a0 Be sure to test your washer for optimum wash time.\u00a0 You will find the mixtures we use posted in the FORMULAS<\/a><\/span> page here on this BLOG. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

This is a whole lot more complicated to explain than to actually do.\u00a0 It is a rhythm you pick up as you work through the prints and is really quick and easy. \u00a0One word of caution; once you begin to selenium tone your prints, you will never be satisfied if you don\u2019t. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

JB<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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