[Frameworks] eco-bleach effective when tinting/toning?

robert at ontosmedia.com robert at ontosmedia.com
Mon Feb 28 19:15:24 UTC 2022


I haven't tried using eco-bleach for toning, but my understanding is 
that you need to use a re-halogenating bleach, and eco-bleach is not 
that.  It's more like the dichromate R9 bleach, and not what you need 
for conventional toning.

On 2022-02-28 11:38, Sarah Bliss wrote:
> Greetings friends and colleagues,
> 
> When reversal developing 7363, I’ve been happily using an eco-bleach
> alternative based on Ricardo Leite’s recipe with some tweaks
> suggested by Dawn George.  It works really well!  Ingredients are  9%
> hydrogen peroxide and 5% acetic acid.
> 
> Question: can this eco-bleach also effectively replace standard bleach
> when tinting/toning film, or does one need to use potassium
> ferricyanide + Potassium bromide for that?
> 
> If yes, any data on how long to bleach the film before tinting or
> toning?
> 
> thanks kindly,
> 
> Sarah Bliss
> http://www.SarahBlissArt.com



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