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[pruts]

Hello you all,

Many info says that the rigth/best color after fuming with iodine is yellow with strong haze of pink/purple.
Is this color ( yellow with pink/purple haze ) to be reached at the end of the first fuming with iodine before fuming with bromine ?
Or is this color ( yellow with pink/purple haze ) to be reached at the end of the second fuming with iodine ?

I hope my question is clear enough … I normally do not speak english …

thx

Marc

[nawagi]

Marc-

First Iodine sensitizing to yellow with rose hints

Bromine must be tested in steps. I use a strip mask to fume to 3,6,9,12 seconds of Bromine.
I do not use color to determine my Bromine times.

Second Iodine (“healing” the plate from the white light used to check color) is around 1/4 the first Iodine time.

Recent shooting: 30 seconds 1st Iodine, 6 seconds on Bromine, 5 seconds 2nd Iodine = nice medium contrast plate

NWG

[pruts]

Nawagi

Thx for your help … I’ll give a sign when my plates are getting better … or when another mistake happens …

Have a nice day,

Marc

[pruts]

Hello,

For my bromine box I use the recepy of Mike Robinson ( bromine mixed with cristals).
For your bromine – fuming- time … the color in the Bromine-fuming box … is it yellow or lighly orange ?

Grtz,

Marc

[nawagi]

I mix liquid Bromine with silica gel. I try to get it bright yellow (“post-it” note yellow, if you have that product in your country). I’ve found that as the Bromine color heads into orange, it is too powerful.

I also heat my plates with a blow dryer before fuming to accelerate the chemical reactions.

NWG

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