Re:coating

Pekka Nikrus (pnikrus@uiah.fi)
Mon, 13 May 1996 09:53:18 +0300 (EET DST)

Here's how I coat cyanotypes:

I use a hake brush that I've cut short so that the hairs are no longer
than 1/2cm (that's about 1/5 of an inch). This makes it easy tu 'push'
the sensitizer on the paper without so much getting sucked into the
brush (I've never had problems with hair falling off the brush).
Then I dry it all upp with a hair-dryer, 1600w (very hot) - to dry it
quick. This because I use Arches Aquarelle, a very thick and rough paper
in which the sensitizer otherwise would sink in too deep.
I've tried double coating with very bad succes.

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