Re: Brush Marks on Platinum/ Pd. prints

Stephen R Harrison (SRH@StephenHarrison.com)
Sat, 04 Apr 1998 00:30:40 -0700

>Have you left your brush out in the light so that the coating on it has
>gotten exposed and then transfers exposed material to your print???
>
>--Dick Sullivan
>
Actually after each Pt/Pd print, I soak the Hake brush in 3 or 4 oz of
fresh Kodak hypo clear for 5 minutes and then soak in distilled water for a
minute or two. My brushes are fairly clean for that reason. I then squeeze
the excess water out of the brush and dry it off before the next print.
Thus the brush is never totally dry at the time of sensitizer application.
How often do you recommend that old brushes be throw out and discarded in
pt printing?

I will try the Tween and let you know the results. Thanks for the input.

Stephen Harrison.