> I once overprinted and overpigmented a gum print. (Did I say once?) I saw it
> laying about one day and decided to see what would happen if I scraped it
> with a razor blade. I used a single edged blade and dragged it firmly across
> the print with the sharp edge pointing away from the direction of the drag.
> It very nicely takes the top surface from the gum, more from the soft areas,
> less from the hard. The print developed up rather nicely, and I still have
> it. The blade edges did leave some trails which I believe could be
Dick, Sometimes temptation comes our way and we do not resist. I do
not resist mentioning that a noticeable proportion of gum prints *look*
as if they had been "developed" with your razor blade.
OK, that's out of my system, now a question: You say "the print developed
up rather nicely." You mean the scraping was done before it had been
developed the first time, or you put it in water, let it soften some more
(?) and thus "developed" it again ....??
> I never followed up on this but I thought I'd mention it. Perhaps someone
> has already perfected such a system.
Dunno if he "perfected" it, but the fellow made the gum print big as a
church wall, as described by Terry King, may have done something similar,
"developing" with a broom.
Cheers,
Judy