From: Carl Fransman (salto@salto.be)
Date: 02/07/00-02:00:07 AM Z
>Reacting on Jeffrey's research.
>I am not using droppers anymore. In a chemical supply store I bought
>pipettes. There are pipettes from 1 ml. with a 0.1 ml scale on it. There
>are 2 ml, 5 ml. and 10 ml. pipettes for sale. They cost around 3 dollars
>each. All these pipettes are tested for exact measurement.
>Second, I started using a brush from Da Vinci, type 5080. These are made in
>Germany and vary width. The biggest one is 8 cm. The hair in the brush is
>nylon and are orange coloured. In my experience this brush combines the
>best of both worlds. It's very smooth and thin (1/2 cm). It soaks very
>little chemistry, much less than every animal hair brush I ever used. It's
>feels like working with a rod, pushing the chemistry over the paper but is
>a lot more flexible than a rod, especially for bigger formats. The bruch
>almost looses no hair.
>
>Regards,
>
>Witho.
>
>
Witho,
when you say bigger formats, how big do you mean?
Could anybody say how big one should be able to coat consistently?
Carl Fransman
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