[alt-photo] Re: applying PVA size

[dan jones]

diana
thanks for the info...and just to make sure...it is the gamblin sizing product, and you do dilute it ....

--- On Thu, 3/4/10, Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net> wrote:

From: Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net>
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: applying PVA size
To: "The alternative photographic processes mailing list" <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 7:39 AM

Dan,

I've used only the Gamblin PVA, and most art stores sell it.  We have a Jerry's Artarama here,  but you could just order it online.  I think Jerry's is the lowest price I've seen, but even my small local art store here sells it, too, which is more convenient, but not as inexpensive.  Wherever you are, check out your local art supply store, or just order it online.

Diana
On Mar 4, 2010, at 10:32 AM, dan jones wrote:

> All
> Sorry to come late into this thread...but where do you get PVA in the U.S.? Brand name, retailer?
> Thanks
> 
> --- On Thu, 3/4/10, Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> From: Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: applying PVA size
> To: "The alternative photographic processes mailing list" <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
> Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 7:02 AM
> 
> Henry,
> 
> I use just a regular old cheap brush for coating the PVA.  You can wash it as soon as you use it, but  I tend to use one or two brushes, different sizes, that I dedicate to PVA use-- and not use them for anything else.  Even though it's easily washed out, I find it does change the softness of the brush.  And I definitely wouldn't use a brush as expensive as the Richeson for this.
> 
> I use it straight, no dilution at all, but it is a very thin coat I put down. Seems to work really well for me-- no problems at all.  Others dilute.  That may also depend on the paper.  I tend to use only BFK Rives.
> 
> I think you'll really like it.  And I always feel like I need to thank Jim Larimer for being the first here to talk about using PVA for gum printing.  It's really been so much easier and more convenient to use, not to mention offering better results. :)
> 
> Diana
> 
> 
> On Mar 4, 2010, at 7:45 AM, Henry Rattle wrote:
> 
>> I've just acquired some Gamblin PVA size for my gum printing (thank you John
>> B for alerting us to Stuart R Stevenson as UK supplier - as you say, he is
>> most helpful). Now quite excited at the possibility of preparing a sheet or
>> two of paper as I go, rather than batch-processing with hot gelatine
>> solutions, formalin etc.
>> 
>> I'm a bit nervous of using my precious Richeson brush for PVA. Have those of
>> you who are using PVA size for gum any advice re suitable brushes and
>> dilutions?
>> 
>> Many thanks
>> 
>> Henry
>> 
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