Gold toner, 1% solution

Description

A ready 1% aqueous solution of gold chloride for toning prints. A reagent rather than a kit: you make up the working toner yourself, to your own formula.

Who it is for

Anyone printing in alternative processes and on printing-out paper: gold toning is the classic step for salt and albumen prints. A ready solution spares you weighing an expensive salt in fractions of a gram.

Questions and answers

How much gold is in it?

It is a 1% solution: about 0.3 g of dry substance in 30 ml, about 0.5 g in 50 ml and about 1 g in 100 ml.

How should it be stored?

Dark, cool and tightly closed.