Re: B/W print turned mottled gold

"Jim Stewart" <jstewart@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> I'm in trouble.
>
> I sent my mother-in-law a really nice B/W
> print that I made and after about a year,
> the black areas turned an ugly mottled gold
> color.
>
> She wants a new print and I need to know
> what to do so that the problem doesn't happen
> again.
>
> I used Ilford chemistry and Mitsubi**** Gekko
> paper.

Gold?  Perhaps more dull yellowish?  Like spots of silver tarnish?  If so,

print is not adequately fixed/washed.  Make sure you are using fresh
fixer. 
And it certainly does not hurt to tone with highly diluted selenium mix.