Selenium and Kentmere

[sergio caetano]

Does anybody know if there is a paper color change in the combo Selenium Toner and Kentmere RC VC Select ? Thanks a lot

 

[Stoo Batchelor]

Does anybody know if there is a paper color change in the combo Selenium Toner and Kentmere RC VC Select ? Thanks a lot

Yes, in my experience with this paper, fresh KRST at 1-9 will give a hint of plumb/ purple, though it is not too ugly.

Stoo

 

[bsdunek]

I found that Kentmere RC VC Select didn't tone very well. Selenium was, as Stoo says, just a hint. It also didn't tone very well with Kodak Sepia II. For straight prints I thought the Kentmere was very nice.
I've been using Foma Fomaspeed Variant III VC RC when I want to tone. I'm also considering working with Adox MCP310 VC RC. I tried a few sheets of that and things look promising.

 

[johnnywalker]

My experience is the same as Stoo's. But I would describe it as just plain gorgeous as opposed to "not too ugly"!
I'm using the Ilford Selenium toner 1+9.

 

[sergio caetano]

Thank you all for quick and useful answers.

 

[Stoo Batchelor]

My experience is the same as Stoo's. But I would describe it as just plain gorgeous as opposed to "not too ugly"!
I'm using the Ilford Selenium toner 1+9.

Yes, Johnny, I would totally agree with you, though on the particular prints in question, archival permanence was all that I was after, so the colour change was not desired, though quite nice and acceptable.

As an aside, if you read this Johnny, I have heard that you get browner hues with the Ilford Selenium, as apposed to the plumbs that you get with KRST. Would this be correct?

Thanks in advance

Best

Stoo

 

[johnnywalker]

On re-reading this thread I realize I've committed a sin which really p*sses me off when others do it: I didn't read the opening post carefully enough. I haven't toned the RC paper, I was referring to the Fineprint VC, a fibre paper. If I could remember John Clease's apology in "A Fish Called Wanda" I would recite it.
Alternatively, I could try a variation of what a friend of mine did years ago when he got so drunk at a party he couldn't remember it. A week later the attendees at the party received a card from him which said, "If I've done anything I should be sorry for, I'm willing to be forgiven".
I haven't noticed any brown hues with the Fineprint, just lovely deeper blacks with a slight plummy tone - but that's not the paper you asked about. I have a bottle of KRST, but haven't cracked it yet.
Anyway, my humble abject apologies!

 

[Stoo Batchelor]

I haven't noticed any brown hues with the Fineprint, just lovely deeper blacks with a slight plummy tone

Thanks Johnny.

Incidentally, both the RC and the Fibre are not too far apart in fresh selenium, though the RC struggles a bit as the selenium has more use, though I constantly refresh mine.

Best

Stoo