Polytoner equivalent

Renato Tonelli

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Is there a toner I could substitute for Kodak Polytoner?

I'm down to my last bottle of Kodak Polytoner. I was preparing to mix my own following Kodak's instructions but discovered that one of the required ingredients (Kodak Brown Toner) is no longer available as well.

Thanks in advance.
 

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You might want to try substituting Kodak Brown Toner with Legacy Pro Brown Toner. According to Freestyle all Legacy Pro chemicals have "the same or similar formulations as Kodak chemicals."
 

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The October 2009 Kodak memo indicating that the 8 oz bottles of Brown Toner were discontinued also indicated that a 1 gallon size remained available under catalogue No. 140-0928 - here is a link (see the second page - including a telephone number and email):
http://www.photo-technique.com/documentation/Kodak.pdf
 

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Freestyle offers Legacy Pro Brown toner. Supposed to be equivalent to the Kodak.
There's also Viradon New. Maybe one of those would be a satisfactory substitute for the Kodak product.
Tim Rudman's Toning Book (THE resource for toning info) also offers a couple of formulas as substitutes for Polytoner.

Good luck,

Larry
 

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Is that a selenium / sulphur mix toner? Moersch offers a variety of similar toners.
 

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Moersch's MT4 and MT5 are polysulphide toners while MT2 is a mix of selenium and sulphide.
 

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You could try mixing your own Kodak T-8 polysulphide formula which is used without further dilution and treat that as the volume of water you would normally use before adding selenium toner, but I am just making a wild guess. It might work.
 

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Yes, the MT2 toner from Moersch would be a good start.

I've also been wanting to try adding some KRST to a Thiourea solution. Anyone ever try that?
 

Rich Ullsmith

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Gallon bottles of the Kodak stuff pop up on the bay every once in a while.
 

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