Re: Bleaching for a lith effect.

[Bertha Adamson <badamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Gary Hall wrote:
> ** SNIP **
> If anyone has had good luck with any other bleaching I'd be happy to hear
> about it. And, by the way, I tried it on the Sterling RC paper with a more
> subdued effect. I'd like to try the cupric acid that Dr. Rudman suggested in
> his book.
> 
> ---
> R. Gary Hall
> 

Hi, Gary

Like you I have done a little experimentation using the bleach from a sepia
kit.  It is a neat way to work because you can do it in the light and really
see the changes in the developer.

My favorite paper for regular Lith is Luminos Classic Glossy Warm Tone,
however, it is not widely carried.  One place had the Cold Tone version and I
thought I would give it a try.  It was very disappointing in straight Lith
processing.  So, I tried bleaching and redevelopment and I got some really
interesting intermediate colors.  But they disappear if I develop back to the
full image.

What I need to try next is make some much darker prints, especially in the
highlights.  I can then partially bleach and partially redevelop and still
have a sufficiently dense (?) image.  (Tim does mention this in the book.) 

So try making the print a bit darker than you would as a straight B&W.  Then
you can pull it before it redevelopes completely back to boring old B&W. And
you don't need to bleach completely either. 

I, too, want to try Tim's bleach formulas.  But I am not really equipped for
storing, weighing and mixing chemicals from scratch.  But a friend and I are
working on it.

Bertha

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