tea/coffee toning on FB silver paper?

[Murray@uptowngallery]

I see that tea or coffee toning work just fine on alt-processes.

Does anyone know if they work on FB silver paper?

I assume they contribute nothing to longevity like selenium toning, but are pretty 'green'.

Thanks

Murray

 

[bdial]

Yes, it works, I've done it, but I don't have the prints anymore.

 

[Muihlinn]

works fine.
That was tea and coffee toned on ilford MGIV FB

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althought more than toned, I'd say stained.

 

[Ole]

On "conventional" prints, tea or coffee is staining, not toning.

The only case where it should be called toning is with cyanotypes where the tannins react with the image forming pigment.

 

[Toffle]

Has anyone here done any printing with coffee as a developing agent on FB paper? My experience is strictly with RC papers... Toning or staining... the effect is pleasing, though I have no idea of the archival qualities of this method. I have coffee prints that are a year old that look the same as the day I printed them.

 

[Murray@uptowngallery]

Thanks, all.

 

[doughowk]

Tim Rudman's Toning book has a beautiful example of tea-stained fiber print (p.108).

 

[Monophoto]

Tea and coffee don't actually "tone" a print - they stain the paper. The result is a image formed in silver, with the tonality associated with the fundamental design of the paper and chemistry, and with the paper stained to a color governed by by the tea or coffee.

Tom Barill did a series of large format images of plants that he stained with tea. He said that the cheap supermarket brand worked better than "good" tea.

 

[Murray@uptowngallery]

Analogous to 'bad' instant coffee being better for Caffenol than the uppity barrista brewed stuff :O)

 

[cotdt]

i throw my paper back into the developer for a couple hours and can get the same stains.

 

[tim rudman]

i throw my paper back into the developer for a couple hours and can get the same stains.

Maybe.
But do they TASTE the same ?
Tim

 

[pentaxuser]

Shiny has a couple of prints stained with tea in the gallery now. Look good and process seems simple and cheap. He has kindly given some facts about his process. I think they are RC prints. My assumption is that the effect for FB would be similar but this is an assumption on my part. Have a look.

pentaxuser