oil print color media
Hi: Just a FYI in case other people are working with oil prints. I've been trying to find a media to make "constructed color images" using oil printing. An oil print is similar to a bromoil print. It relies on using a oily media that is repelled by water. I have been experimenting with a variety of media to use for doing color oil prints. I've been avoiding using litho inks - I think using smaller volumes with a wider range of pigments is more manageble. Most references I've read state thats its possible to make your own oil print media using tube of oil paint with magnesium carbonate and or wax added to make the paint stiff enough to use with oil printing. Others state its possible to make an oil media by mixing stand oil with pigment. I was not able to produce an oil media "stiff" enough to use with the oil print matrixes I produced with either of these methods. The media was not sufficiently repelled by water to be effective. I have found a technique that looks promising. I tried using litho varnish, mixed with tube oil colors. This produces an oil media that is sufficiently stiff enough to work on the oil print matrixes I make. Litho varnish is used in lithography to stiffen a litho ink. Litho varnish is produced in a range of numbers - the higher the number the stiffer the varnish. I'm using a number 8 varnish - from American Chemical & Ink. This appears to produce an oil media stiff enough for oil printing . Now all I have to do is make better oil matrixes. Gord Holtslander
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