Re: Why cat litter ??? Re: Why sawdust?

[pete <temperaprint@blueyonder.co.uk>]

on 23/8/01 11:38 pm, Grafist@aol.com at Grafist@aol.com wrote:

> Judy and list members,
> Judy wrote:-
>> John, you've confused me -- you say nothing beats sawdust, but you use cat
>> litter ???? Can you please explain ?
> 
>> Judy
> ......................
> The cat litter I use is composed of compressed sawdust  pellets and
> is  conveniently  packed and easy to handle when putting handfulls of it into
> water where it dissolves quickly giving a slurry which is then poured from a
> jug onto the print to remove surplus pigment.
> 
> Cheers
> John Grocott - Photographist and Direct Carbon Printer
> http://hometown.aol.co.uk/grafist/myhomepage/artgallery.html

 Hi John,
On a point of information are you saying that cat litter sawdust is the same
as the traditional box wood sawdust so beloved of Echague and Fresson .
Works as well or perhaps better?

Pete