[alt-photo] Re: Cleaning brushes for Pt/Pd

[Paul Viapiano]

If I'm making several prints in the same session, I will rinse with plain 
water, and then swish around with distilled water. Shake it out, and then 
press gently with a clean cloth on a flat surface. Then I'm ready to go 
again...

I should mention that I pre-wet the brush with distilled water before 
coating. A dip or two, a press against the rim of the container and a shake 
or two...

At the end of a session I *may* run the brush through some HCA solution 
after rinsing but before a distilled water final rinse.

Paul



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Denny" <dspector at charter.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:53 PM
Subject: [alt-photo] Cleaning brushes for Pt/Pd


>I noticed in Dick Arentz's book Platinum & Palladium Printing that he 
>cleans
> his brushes in 2% phosphoric acid (after each use, maybe?) and doesn't 
> reuse
> them until they're dry.  Now I'm wondering how other folks clean their
> brushes, both between prints and after a printing session...
>
> Denny
>
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