Re: wiping KM73 polymer plates
Nancy, I use Daniel Smith's Miracle Gel Reducer http://www.danielsmith.com/ catalog/products/?T1=284+900+001&UID=2007020715152611 which sounds similar to Graphic's Chemical Gel. Using this and wiping initially with tarlatans and then finishing by hand, you can get some incredible detail. Someone mentioned in an earlier post that they found the Solarplates didn't resolve the fine detail as well as the Printight plates. This was exactly the reason I changed. Not that there's anything wrong with the Solarplates, just they weren't suitable for my work. Keith. On Feb 7, 2007, at 5:09 PM, Nancy Diessner wrote: The ink I use for these plates has been a mixture of equal parts Graphic Chemical Bone Black, Stiff Black, and Transparent Base. I've now started adding a bit of Graphic Chemical Gel (nontoxic) that makes the ink more gooey and brings out more subtle tonal variations in the plate. For some images I've made it so gooey I've had to almost pour it on the plate (for plates I've heavily altered by hand). It's made a big difference for me.
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