Re: Bromoil - masking
Alex Nanson (alec@norlex.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 17 Dec 1996 21:55:47 +0000
In message <Pine.SUN.3.94.961217013433.26527G-100000@panix2.panix.com>,
Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com> writes
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>I thought you meant plain old rubber cement. I have myself tried some
>half-dozen miskits, friskets, maskoids, and liquid masks of many colors,
>prices and claims. All were, for my purposes, odious. Hard to apply, they
>gummed up the brush after the first stroke. If left on too long they
>stained the paper, but on shiny paper tended to come off by themselves,
>before they were supposed to, on soft paper they would take the top layer
>of paper off with them. In no respect were they as easy to use & effective
>as plain old rubber cement. OK in one respect -- you can see where the
>substance is applied.. I've often thought of stirring some kind of dye
>into rubber cement, which might solve that problem. Has anyone done that?
Judy,
It would have to be a hydrocarbon soluble dye, not all dyes are soluble
in the solvents used for rubber cement, if I recall correctly these
solvents are usually medium to low boiling petroleum fractions.
Alternatively what about dispersing a little pigment into the rubber
cement?
Alex.
Alex Nanson
Gloucester UK