philip_sweeney Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 I am looking for Kodak's discontinued "opaque black" and/ordiscontinued "korn dye," for touching up my 8 x 10 negatives. I havetried "dyene" with no luck - it just does not stick. I have alreadylooked through the 2 local shops I know of - you know the little shopswhere everything is used and you name it its there, you got to justlook and sift through the stuff. I would appreciate phone numbers ofsimiliar type shops you know of, or does anyone have some they wouldlike to sell to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 That's just the sort of thing that's often found at a "used camera show." Check in "Shutterbug" for the next one near you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip_a Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 For B&W negatives, you can use Kodak Crocein Scarlet. It's a powder that you mix with water. I've successfully used the Crocein Scarlet to cover scratches and pinholes on Bergger BPF200, Kodak Tri-X, Ilford FP4+, and Efke PL100, always on the base side. You end up with white areas on the print that you then must retouch with Spotone. The Crocein Scarlet is catalog number CAT 146 3751. It wasn't discontinued as recently as a year ago when I got mine. I had my local camera store order some for me. There is also Kodak retouching fluid, CAT 195 6309. It's purpose is to give some tooth to the retouching surface so that pencils or dyes will stick. I haven't needed it with the Crocein Scarlet, as it seems to stick permanently to all of the films I've tried it on quite well. BTW, I had no luck with Edwal's No Scratch. It didn't prevent the scratches from showing up black on my prints, and it is messy. You have to clean it off after using it. The Crocein Scarlet is essentially permanent, although it can be removed if you really want to. The process is described in "Lootens On Photographic Enlarging & Print Quality", a useful reference for retouching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_miller3 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 You can also check with Veronica Cass Photographic Retouching Art Supplies and Academy at www.veronicacass.com She has her on line of retouching dyes and may have something comparable to the opaque black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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