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

[EJ Photo]

I use the magic foam brushes. I use them through a printing session although
different solution can make the foam brush break down; crumble. The brushes
are rinsed with distilled water after every coating and left properly damp. 

The brush size changes based an image size and the brush type may change
based on paper type. 95% +, it's a good old magic foam brush. It works on
most papers with proper pressure. 

I see no reason to add anything to the cleaning process of your brush except
water unless you forgot to clean it at the end of a printing session and the
solution crystallized. Hot distilled water and  move on. Not too  hot
through. 

Eric Neilsen
Eric Neilsen Photography
4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9
Dallas, TX 75226
 
www.ericneilsenphotography.com
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Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Cleaning brushes for Pt/Pd

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
www.PrecisionDigitalNegatives.com
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www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com

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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
> 
> 
> 
> ----- 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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