>In my Bromoil work I uses a brush made by hog, and this brusher is
okay.
All Bromoil literature I have read, recommend a very soft brush made by
Polecat,Bear Hair etc.=20
For some months ago, I bought special brushers designed for
Bromoil. ( Stoddard in England).
This is a brush made by Polecat. I wonder how the Bromoilist can
use this very soft brushers to put the ink on the paper.When I tried, the
result was a disaster. The brushers did=A8nt take the ink.
I use a stiff ink from Lithographic ink No 1796, and Kentmere DocArt.<
Hello Jurek,
I think that your problem with the polecat brush,must have been that your
ink is to hard, normally the problem is the brush taking up to much
ink.Which is a common problem in bromoil printmaking. What I would
suggest is the ink that you are using is either changed to a softer grade
or let down with a very small amount of stand oil, then the brush should be
first charged with this ink and repeatedly tapped out a sheet of glass
until little or no ink remains in the brush, and only then you should start
to ink, ideally the first coat of ink on the print must contain little or
no ink .After this thin first coat I always float the print on the surface
of a tray of water for a few mins , remove any surplus water from front and
back with a well washed damp cotton rag, then really start to ink with a
fully charged brush.Often I employ a foam roller for these tricky initial
inking stages,instead of a brush as I like to think it gives me more
control.
I hope this helps
pete