Egg white glaze paint for retouching and coloring silver gelatin color and black and white photos.
We have put together a practical color set for black and white retouching. With these 3 colors and mixtures of them, most black and white images can be edited.
- suitable for PE and baryta papers
- 3x 12ml in glass vial with pipette
- Colors: jet black, brown black and blue black
(The actual color may vary slightly from the color shown here depending on your monitor display.)
Application instructions for image retouching
Using the egg white glaze colors, annoying white dots, dust or small errors in the negative can be repaired.
In our experience, a good starting value is 1 drop of deep black + 5 drops of distilled water. Our glass pipette bottles are ideal for adding water.
If the paint is too wet, it will leave more visible retouching marks, especially if you look at the picture at a slight angle against the light. Dab off any excess paint on a test sheet of photo paper until the brush is almost dry.
If you need the darkest possible shade, it is better to layer a lighter (drier) shade several times until the desired color depth is achieved, rather than working directly with very dark and runny paint.
You should imagine that you are using the fine tip of the brush to transport the color to the white point in the picture. That's why you should not paint, but dab!
To retouch small dust spots or lint, we recommend using a brush that is as fine as possible, such as our Da Vinci Restauro 3/0.
In general:
Practice makes perfect. Analogue image retouching requires a steady hand, some practice and, above all, a lot of patience.
information on product safety
Manufacturer:
ROHRER & KLINGNER KG
Meininger Straße 1-3
D-98544 Zella-Mehlis
info@rohrer-klingner.de
