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Re: Gum: earasing a whole layer

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On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Dave S wrote:


I have read about it but have never done it. How do you erase a whole layer?
You keep brushing and brushing and brushing? And do you use a soft brush or a
harder, bristle brush?
If it's cyanotype a coat of alkali (like sodium carbonate) could (at least theoretically) do it.

J.