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

[Mark Nelson]

Paul, 
Like many, I use the Richeson "Magic Brush". 

I do exactly the same as you. I may shake it out a bit more vigorously after wetting with distilled water before coating. 

I don't do anything different at the end of the day. I usually get about 3-4 years service from a brush, then I retire then to some other use. 

Mark Nelson
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On Jan 24, 2012, at 7:43 PM, "Paul Viapiano" <viapiano at pacbell.net> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
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> ----- 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
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> 
>> 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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