Re: Analyzing Namias's Approach to Using Rosin

[Alberto Novo <alt_list@albertonovo.it>]

> Having tried Bromoil I understand that Rosin may be used to 
> stiffen up the ink.  But his experiments must have led him away from  oil 
> based ink to arrive at what we now accept as a  Resinotype powder 
> application.  Quite different to Bromoil.
Correct. Namias' idea has been to eliminate the oil, perhaps instead adding 
some wax -see Clerc's description- but only to decrease the melting point of 
the mixture.
The oil/bromoil approach is visible in the first year's description of the 
process, when he suggest to pick up the powder with the brush and then 
ink/dust the matrix. One year later, he suggested to directly spread the 
powder over the matrix and then to scatter it with a soft brush. 
Alberto