I would like to encourage everyone who try it out to give me a feedback, it takes less than 1 hour to make.
This is a very useful idea that gets rediscovered once in a while. There are concerns about degradation in storage due to the formation of Thiosulphate, but freshly made toner works beautifully.
Here are some posts/threads from the past that you might find interesting and useful.
Sulphide/Polysulphide toner made using Sodium Hydroxide and Sulphur works well as sepia toner. Here is Gerry Koch talking about how it helped in a print show:
Trying to find some information on the T-8 Polysulphide toner listed in Tim Rudman's toning book and Steve Anchell's "Darkroom Cookbook" and it's relationship to the Kodak Brown toner in terms of usage and modification. Anyone have any insights into the following questions? Can the T-8 toner...
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Similar ideas are discussed and tested thanks to non-availability of Kodak toner.
I'm famous for stinking my whole building...! 😂 My friends did this to make fun of me Matt, I know of this substitute but I dont want to play with selenium powder. I wonder why you can't use liquid selenium.
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The toner concentrate can be synthesised in a simpler way without requiring external heating which makes :
There may be a substantial difference, whether you use this substitute directly or indirectly. Used directly the Ammonium Thiosulfate probably doesn't hurt at all, whereas it could make indirect toning a gamble. As I always used it directly, that was never a question to me. But if you want to...
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It can be also used for direct toning of Kallitypes and Cuprotypes after diluting suitably:
There may be a substantial difference, whether you use this substitute directly or indirectly. Used directly the Ammonium Thiosulfate probably doesn't hurt at all, whereas it could make indirect toning a gamble. As I always used it directly, that was never a question to me. But if you want to...
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