Toning Of Kallitypes

[Bruce]

I have been trying different developers and toners for Kallitypes.

I like the sepia brown color when using Sodium Citrate as the developer but have not found a toner that keeps the same color in the final print after toning. I have tried several different toners such as Basic Noble metal Toner (citric acid and 5% gold toner), Palladium toner and Gold Borax as described in Christopher James books. All of these toners turn my Sepia brown print into a Blue black color.


Does anyone have a recommendation on what toner to use that will keep the sepia brown color?

Thanks

 

[ced]

Bruce not sure if this is the direction but maybe Vandyke or Salt prints may be closer to the result you seek.
I prefer Kallitypes for the great blacks I can get using sodium acetate...

 

[pschwart]

palladium (without gold toning) will yield brown tones. Time required is very brief -- longer toning will result in yellow staining.

 

[tnp651]

palladium (without gold toning) will yield brown tones. Time required is very brief -- longer toning will result in yellow staining.

Philip, Sandy King recommends 5-20 minutes https://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/Kallitype/K002/k002.html . Are you recommending less?

 

[pschwart]

Philip, Sandy King recommends 5-20 minutes https://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/Kallitype/K002/k002.html . Are you recommending less?

Sandy's article says: "Tone for the time necessary, which can vary from 5-20 minutes depending on the strength and amount of toner." Most of my toning falls in this range, but palladium has a nasty habit of creating a heavy yellow stain across the entire image. Maybe a weaker solution will avoid this, but I find palladium too warn in tone anyway, so I avoid it and use platinum instead.

 

[tnp651]

I have been having trouble with yellow staining, though hypo clearing seems to remove most of it. I've been giving 10 minutes in palladium; I'll try 5