Toning Salted Paper Prints - Gold Chloride

[@galganphoto]

Love that shirt

[@thekarmafarmer608]

Really nice to wind down and watch this after finishing a long stressful shift at work. All the best to you buddy. Great video.

[@BillSchwab]

Thank you!!

[@beckylogan1097]

Thanks, Bill! I’m fascinated by the gold toning and would love to learn about other ways to tone images, too.🙏

[@jotaserna944]

Gracias de nuevo Bill!

[@killpop8255]

I'm surprised you mentioned copper as a way of increasing longevity. I once put a copper toned print in an exhibition. I was very concerned to see it fade towards the card mount after some months of display.

[@BillSchwab]

It’s possible there are other factors that play. Perhaps fixing, etc. Copper wouldn’t be my first choice for longevity, but that seems a bit fast for it to fade.

[@terryglass5664]

Bill… great video. Can you reuse the toning bath. I have seen videos in a flat bottom tray like yours that 100 or 200ml of toning can be used and then discarded.

[@BillSchwab]

Hi Terry. It’s best to discard after use, I believe. I will sometimes mix up a liter and then split it into two and use half of it and store the other half for another use.

[@lillianvalentine1975]

how are the fumes/VOC's with the toning kit? I've never done gold toning and have generally avoided toning due to the highvoc's/fumes. great video!

[@BillSchwab]

Good questions. This kit doesn’t tend to have any noticeable fumes or smell.

[@BryanHansel]

From your videos, it seems like you live in the woods. Are you on a septic system or hooked up into the city's sewer? If septic, how do you handle disposal of the chemicals?

[@BillSchwab]

Hi Bryan. I’ve made a video on this and I will leave the link here. My studio has a separate septic system, but I’m still pretty careful about what I put down there. Hope this helps. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGGZnn-Nicxsh9E

[@BryanHansel]

@@BillSchwab thanks. I appreciate it. I've wanted to try this but being on septic makes it hard.

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

Rxcellent! Is it possible to tone a print after fixing? Does it work at all then?

[@BillSchwab]

Good question. Certain toners you can do after fixing, but the gold toner needs to be done prior to. Examples of post fixing toners would be selenium and tea

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

@@BillSchwab Thanks. I thought tea would be OK, but then again it's brown. I have gold toner and will experiment next time. Thanks again. :-)

[@BillSchwab]

@@TERRYBIGGENDEN you could also use a Palladium toner if you had some of that, but it also would have to be done before the fixer. Enjoy!

[@s70cas7ic0]

How much difficult would be to make an a3 size salted paper print, or is it possible at all

[@BillSchwab]

As long as you create a negative the correct size, it would be no problem. Do you have Asli have to pay a little more attention to coating and things like that, but there’s no reason you couldn’t do that size.

[@gerryyaum]

Thank you so much for this Bill. I will be making my first ever Salt prints this week. Your vids are an important learning tool for me. Will try a traditional Salt look, then try one covered in beeswax. Thanks again.