Re: cheap bromoil brushes
Beth Moon and I just studied with Larry Shapiro - oil printing (related process). He argued that you don't need the $100 class brush (though he did comment that the Lewis brush that Beth had was fine). So - do summarize! the feedback and recommendations as I would like to prusue this - and what I saw was the need for a set of brushes of different sizes - so, if you come up with a recommended student set - I would be "hopping" up and down... Simple Green - http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Green-13022-Purpose-Cleaner/dp/B0000CFLYJ Larry said he walked away from all the toxic cleaners (bad for you) and uses this stuff to clean up surfaces, brushes, the cat (MEOW! - joking). It really worked well - cleaned up all the ink! I am going to order some now! > Dear all, > I am in the bromoil "unit" of study in my Experimental class this semester, > and I need some advice from the many more experienced bromoilists on the > list. > > I am blessed with two things--wonderful David Lewis brushes that Mark > Andrews sent my way out of the goodness of his heart, and assisting David at > Penland and learning bromoil from him. But my problem is this: how to find > cheap enough bromoil brushes that also do really well for the students to > buy? They don't have $80 readily available when the assignment is only one > assignment of many. > > Can anyone lead me to a cheap, GOOD bromoil brush they have used? I see > Bostick and Sullivan have ones for $20 and I ordered a couple for our > checkout at school and they are on their way. Has anyone used them? > > Any and all brush help you can provide would be welcome. > > BTW a great cleaner for brushes that he uses, which is cancer causing so use > outside of course, is trichlorethylene, available at hardware stores by the > gallon. It leaves no residue on the brushes. > Chris > __________________ > > Christina Z. Anderson > http://christinaZanderson.com/ > __________________ > >
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