M Carter
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I've done plenty of bleach & redeveloping using pot. ferri and pot. bromide. About to try the copper sulfate/acid bleach as well.
I've also done plenty of Bromoil matrices, bleached and tanned with Copper Sulfate, Potassium Bromide, Potassium Dichromate. These are fixed after bleaching.
So, question: is there a way to get a fixed bromoil matrix to redevelop? I've tried soaking one in ferri/bromide bleach, but no go. (Which was kind of odd, bleaching a blank sheet of paper...)
I don't have an understanding of how the chemistry works - is there something in the bromoil bleach that makes any further redevelopment impossible? I know the fixing does, but fixed prints can be bleached and re-dev'd. Thanks for any info to the chemically minded out there...
I've also done plenty of Bromoil matrices, bleached and tanned with Copper Sulfate, Potassium Bromide, Potassium Dichromate. These are fixed after bleaching.
So, question: is there a way to get a fixed bromoil matrix to redevelop? I've tried soaking one in ferri/bromide bleach, but no go. (Which was kind of odd, bleaching a blank sheet of paper...)
I don't have an understanding of how the chemistry works - is there something in the bromoil bleach that makes any further redevelopment impossible? I know the fixing does, but fixed prints can be bleached and re-dev'd. Thanks for any info to the chemically minded out there...