Hi Nancy,
At a school in Florence where I assisted a printmaking workshop last
summer, they used corn oil to clean their poly plates. Seems to work,
and was affordable, but I'd be concerned about residual gunk building
up with poly or any kind of plate.
I got my cleaning technique from Don Messec who recommends using a
gloved hand to massage Soy Solv II solvent into the plate after use,
then running it through the press 2x onto clean newsprint, then doing
the same thing with a little fresh mineral spirits to get up the last
of the ink.
I agree with your assertion about the differences in plates. Toyobo
have a smoother, finer, more photographic quality about them, while
Solarplate are better for more graphical work.
Jon
Nancy Diessner wrote:
Susan,
Nancy, again. As far as filling in
low areas--YES, you're
right. I've used Speedball Screen Filler and have liked the effect,
though it doesn't print the same each time, but that isn't a concern
for me in my work.
Also--I use baby oil to clean these
plates. It's slow, but if you massage it into the plate and let it sit,
then it will free up a good amount of the ink. I use veggie oil on
copper plates, but for some reason I was always told not to use it on
polymer plates. I don't know why.... Does anyone have any experience
with this out there?
I'm new to this list, so I'm not sure if there's already been a
discussion about the differences in image quality between solarplates
and Toyobo Printight plates, but everything that's being said
about solarplates sounds very similar to my experience working with the
Printight plates. I had always thought solarplates were cruder than
Printight plates...has anyone compared them?
Nancy
Nancy W. Diessner
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Chester College of New England
40 Chester St.
Chester, NH 03036
SusanV wrote:
HI Everyone, and thanks for the replies about not having
to wait 24
hours. That made me happy, BUT then I tracked my OHP delivery online,
and Fedex changed their mind about when they'd deliver it, even though
it's on their truck not 20 miles from here... I won't get it till
Wednesday. sheesh. ;)
Nancy... maybe you could try using a filler of some kind squeegeed
over the low area, then polished. I dunno, but maybe some epoxy? Or
Liquitex modeling paste? That's great to hear that the plates are
"workable" to some degree.
Jon.. Regarding transporting the plate... my press is about 10 feet
from my Nuark :o)) Regarding the liquitex... i have plenty of that
and lots of experience printing collagraphs using it. One of the best
and most safe cleaners for oil based inks and paints is cooking oil!
I buy a gallon of it and it goes a long way. It doesn't harm the
liquitex either. Sometimes you might have to use a little mineral
spirits at the very end, but not usually much.
OOOOOOOO while I was writing this my aquatint screen was delivered!
OK, I'm going to go
print something... I think I have some Staples brand transparencies
somewhere...
Susan
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