[alt-photo] Re: cyanotype and brushes?

[Loris Medici]

Very nice (and way cheaper - relatively that is) brushes that work well for
me are the DaVinci 5080 series. I use the 30 size (30mm / ~1 1/6") for small
prints and 50 size ( 50mm / ~2") for larger ones.

See image here: http://cdn.dickblick.com/items/053/66/05366-OB3ww-l.jpg
See prices here (DickBlick):
http://www.dickblick.com/products/da-vinci-cosmotop-spin-brushes

When the brush is moist (not wet!), you can coat with exactly the same amnt.
of sensitizer as glass rods, it's that good.

A note about glass rods: IME, a supporting paper between the glass and the
sheet that is going to be coated works better than plain glass only...

Regards,
Loris.


-----Original Message-----
From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org On Behalf Of
Diana Bloomfield
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 2:15 AM
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Subject: [alt-photo] Re: cyanotype and brushes?

Hi Trevor,

I use the Richeson 9000 series flat brush, though I do think it's
ridiculously expensive.  Jerry's has them online, though not in the Raleigh
store.  I've found some at Jerry's (at the store) that I really like--  for
anything but platinum (where I do think the Richeson brush seems to work the
best)-- that are so much less expensive than that and work really well.  I'm
out of town, so I don't have my brushes in front of me to tell you what it
is, but  I got them all there.  So when you're home, go out there to Jerry's
and take a look at what they have.  I personally feel the foam brushes,
while pretty helpful in teaching a workshop, soak up too much emulsion and
have a tendency to coat unevenly (for me, anyway).

Diana