Use two-bath fixation. Use a single fixing bath plus a washing aid. If a hardening fixer is preferred, use a second fixing bath with a non-hardening fixer. Apart from creating aesthetic effect, some toners provide additional protection by converting or coating the silver image with compounds which make it less reactive to external contaminants. After washing, squeegee prints on both sides to remove surplus water.
Prints can be heat-dried or glazed in the usual way.
Take care to ensure that only well washed prints come into contact with any equipment used for drying. It takes only one fixerontaminated print to contaminate all those dried subsequently. Use retouching dye for a glossy finish or water colour for a matt finish. This technique is very convenient, fast, clean to work with and provides a permanent, perfect bond between print and mount. This is generally used to mount very large prints for display purposes and is not recommended where the highest level of image permanence is needed.