Ah, not for the topic or purpose of toning but your explanation of the action 
of the different bleaches is a nugget of help for experimenting with 3383 as 
reversal, taking off from your notes about “alternative E-6” process. Merci! 
Hi, and thanks, Sarah too.

Sandy McLennan
Port Sydney, Ontario, Canada

> On Mar 2, 2022, at 10:43 PM, Robert Schaller <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Sarah,
> 
> The classic re-halogenating bleach is  the Ferricyanide bleach, which 
> contains Potassium Bromide. Ferricyanide bleach turns the black silver image 
> back into silver bromide, which then is what the toner acts on.  Peroxide or 
> R9 Dichromate bleach remove the silver image altogether, leaving nothing for 
> the toner to act on.  Though, if it was film you just shot, you could process 
> it as reversal, but just put it through the first developer and a peroxide 
> bleach, then tone it instead of (or in addition to, but before)  the second 
> developer.  I've never tried that, but it seems like there's room to explore 
> there!  
> 
> I meant that the peroxide eco-bleach wouldn't work as a replacement for 
> Ferricyanide bleach in toning an already finished image: the two bleaches are 
> both called bleaches, but they do entirely different things and are not 
> interchangeable!
> 
> -Robert
> 
>> On Mar 2, 2022, at 4:57 PM, Sarah Bliss <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Robert and Morgan.
>> 
>> Robert, I don’t know what re-halogenating bleach is.  Can anyone else 
>> confirm Robert’s sense that that is what’s needed for toning, so that 
>> eco-bleach wouldn’t work.  Ricardo or Dawn, any thoughts on this?
>> 
>> Morgan, hi! and yes.  I was only able to source 12% hydrogen peroxide.  I 
>> diluted it to 9% and that has worked well with acetic acid when developing 
>> 7363.
>> 
>> thanks,
>> 
>> Sarah
>> http://www.SarahBlissArt.com
>> 
>>> From: Morgan Hoyle-Combs <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] eco-bleach effective when tinting/toning?
>>> Date: February 28, 2022 at 4:35:21 PM EST
>>> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> Also, keep in mind that 9% peroxide is not available in the US. I was able 
>>> to get some acetic acid 12% peroxide which has to be diluted to 9%. I have 
>>> a formula for this and would like to try it out on some Plus-X of mine. 
>>> 
>>> Also, hi Sarah. 
>>> 
>>> M
>>> On Monday, February 28, 2022, 02:16:32 PM EST, <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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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