Toning - (Optional)

There are various chemical toners available that can give your print a different appearance or enhance its contrast and visual impact. Although you will not be able to improve the quality of a poor print, you can turn a somewhat mediocre print into a work of art.
Since toning can enhance the prints contrast, it may be beneficial or necessary to slightly under expose or under develop the print which you wish to tone.
Toners can change the way a print looks - blacks can be made to look warmer (brown) or colder (bluish). You can also purchase toners which will give you a very definite color, such as green, blue, red, or brown. There are toners such as Kodaks', (See below) which will give you slightly different shades of brown.

Toners can also be used to treat the finished print in order to give it Archival keeping properties without changing the appearance of your print.
See "ARCHIVAL" below

Toning is usually accomplished by first processing, then "fixing", washing, soaking in "Permawash" or "Hypo Clearing Agent" and then rewashing your print. Proper agitation and solution concentrations during the development, stop bath and fixing and washing processes are important. Incorrect techniques here may cause mottled or stained prints once they have been toned.
Immerse the print into a tray of toner solution for a short time while agitating and then rewash the print to stop the toning process. The toning process will continue while washing, so tone the print a little less than your desired result before you wash.

Toning can be done with the room lights on.

Processing steps and wash times with PermaWash or Hypo Clearing Agent

Resin Coated Paper

• Process the print normally with standard stop bath and fixer times

• 1 minute in running water pre wash

• 1 minute in PermaWash or Hypo Clearing Agent

• 3 minutes in running water

• Tone the print (with the room light on), until you have almost the desired effect - the print will continue to tone in the wash water!

• Wash the toned print for 3 minutes in running water, or with agitation and a supply of fresh water.

Fiber Based Paper

• Process the print normally with standard stop bath and fixer times

• 3 minutes in running water pre wash

• 5 minutes in PermaWash or Hypo Clearing Agent

• 15 minutes in running water

• Tone the print (with the room light on), until you have almost the desired effect - the print will continue to tone in the wash water!

• Wash the toned print for 10 minutes in running water, or with agitation and a supply of fresh water.

Wash time (Before Toning) if NOT using PermaWash or Hypo Clearing Agent

Resin Coated Paper

• 5 minutes in running water.

Wash water should be approximately 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

Single Weight Fiber Based Paper

• 1 Hour in running water.

Double Weight Fiber Based Paper

• 2 Hours in running water.

Selective toning can be achieved by coating the areas of the print that you do not wish to tone in that particular tint, with liquid rubber cement - apply carefully with a brush, let dry and then immerse the print in the toner solution. After washing and drying the rubber cement peels off easily - you can then apply rubber cement to the areas that you have just toned and then retone the print in another color of toner - you can make a very creative finished print.

KODAK TONER PRODUCT LINE:

KODAK POLY-TONER: When used with warm-tone papers, will tint from reddish-brown to very warm brown. When used with neutral or cold-tone papers, will tint purplish-brown.
KODAK SEPIA TONER: When used with warm-tone papers, will tint yellowish-brown. When used with cold-tone papers, will produce warm browns.
KODAK BROWN TONER: Produces a range of brown tones on warm-tone and neutral papers.
KODAK RAPID SELENIUM TONER: Produces cold-browns when used with warm-tone papers.

Archival Processing

For ARCHIVAL purposes, (Kodak Archival Data) where bright lights or adverse storage conditions would deteriorate a print over time, use Kodak Rapid Selenium Toner at a dilution of either 1:20 or 1:40 - this will convert the black and white silver image to an inert compound giving archival properties to the print and a very slight or no noticeable tint.

Archival Processing Steps:

• Process and fix print normally

• 3 minutes in running water pre wash

• 5 minutes in PermaWash or Hypo Clearing Agent

• 15 minutes in running water

• Tone single weight paper for 2 minutes or double weight for 3 minutes with Kodak Rapid Selenium Toner at a dilution of anywhere from 1:20 to 1:40 (1 part toner to 20 parts water)

• Wash in running water at 68 degrees Fahrenheit - single weight paper for 10 minutes or double weight for 20 minutes.

Hand Coloring - (Optional)

Hand Coloring is a group of wonderful techniques that can give a black and white or color print a personalized shot of color. An example would be a black and white portrait, that you have painted the lips a vivid pink, or a scenic shot where you have painted one tree green - the possibilities are endless.

There are a few different techniques that will allow you to selectively color your prints by hand. The materials available include dry dyes that you set with steam, black graphite, colored pencils, and pastel chalks.

Here are 4 links to get you started:

• Kodak - Hand Coloring

• Kodak - Professional Art Paper (Start reading at Hand Coloring Section)

• Darkroom Techniques Forum (Adding Color To Black & White)

• Warehouse Photographic (Adding Color To Black & White)