Current Lith Paper Availability

[bedrof]

Yes, a bit of an old thread, but is there a CURRENT list of papers and developers that are available to buy right now - ESPECIALLY in the UK?

I have been working my way through various home mixed developers but none of them give anything worth keeping and go off really quickly...

@Bob Carnie, I note that you use VERY LARGE amounts of dev in your trays. So does this stop the quick oxidization(?) of the dev - maybe my trays are too small?

I really just want to confirm that I am doing things right and the paper is ok. I am currently using Fomatone MG Classic 132 Matt. Is there a lithable RC current paper out there?

I have read through both of Tim Rudman's lith books and have now bought one of Moerch's Easy Lith kits - fingers crossed, as I am getting a bit down about all the (OLD) info out there.

Many thanks in advance everyone.

Terry S

Terry, I use lith developer one-shot (6 ml of A + 6ml of B +120 ml of water for 18x24 or 8x10 paper), process one print, then discard the soup. Sometimes I add 30-50 ml of Old Brown. But I use a lith dev kit made by one local chemist.
Slavich Bromportrait liths beautifully within 6-9 min. Foma Retro Special also works fine in lith showing bright orange/pink colors. These are of current paper makes I tried, using mostly old stock for lith.

 

[tezzasmall]

Thanks for the replies guys!

Terry S

 

[bedrof]

Terry, I use lith developer one-shot (6 ml of A + 6ml of B +120 ml of water for 18x24 or 8x10 paper), process one print, then discard the soup. Sometimes I add 30-50 ml of Old Brown. But I use a lith dev kit made by one local chemist.
Slavich Bromportrait liths beautifully within 6-9 min. Foma Retro Special also works fine in lith showing bright orange/pink colors. These are of current paper makes I tried, using mostly old stock for lith.

Sorry, mistake here. 130 ml total is my volume for 13x18, and 18x24 wants at least 200-230 ml.