Ilford Ilfobrom 2.1K 2 --how to print--

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Dear RFF friends,
My friend have found a box of this paper sealed and stored at his basement probably for some decades...

It seems to me that it is :
fixed contrast #2
Fiber
And heavy weight...
And 100 sheets of 20x25cm

I am willing to give them a try, do you have any suggestions to make?
Shall I develop them more than 1 min (ilford multigrade developer)
Shall I treat it differently, as it is fiber and not plastic? I am hanging my wet pictures after bath like laundry...

Thank you for your time!
I hope my questions do not sound stupid.

 

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Most probably I will give it a try tomorrow night.
Is it anyone that have already used this kind of paper in the past?
I will post some images and comments of my experience during the weekend.
;-)

 

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Hello there!
I have just returned home from my darkroom.
I tried the super expired Ilfobrom, and there are some funny facts.
First of all the first print came out with a pale/cream overcast... But as I kept on using papers from the black bag...prints came up better... By the 6-7th paper print are quite acceptable.
A second fact is that this paper is not proper for thin negatives ( low contrast / maybe underexposed negatives). Do you think that I can use the contrast filters to manipulate each print's contrast?
Third fact my developer solution started to become black after the first couple of prints...something that did not happened before with contemporary paper.
Fourth fact I developed for 2min and fixed for 4min

Interesting experience and I am thinking of playing around with the rest of the package. More less there are 90 sheets to go... ;-)

Tomorrow, I will take pictures of the prints under daylight, I will keep you posted.

P.S. Oly Trip 35 is a great camera to shoot!

 

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first prints

first prints

1st sheet
Ilford Ilfobrom 2.1K 2 (20y expired)
4"stripes f16
2min Ilford Multigrade developer
Ilfobrom Test Print by vp_varchs, on Flickr


6th sheet
Olympus Trip 35
Rollei Retro 400
Ilford Ilfobrom 2.1K 2 (20y expired)
16" f16
2min Ilford Multigrade developer
River Walk by vp_varchs, on Flickr

8th sheet
Olympus Trip 35
Rollei Retro 400
Ilford Ilfobrom 2.1K 2 (20y expired)
18" f16
2min Ilford Multigrade developer
Fani by vp_varchs, on Flickr

9th sheet
Olympus Trip 35
Rollei Retro 400
Ilford Ilfobrom 2.1K 2 (20y expired)
18" f16
2min Ilford Multigrade developer
Katerina by vp_varchs, on Flickr