From: Sandy King (sanking@clemson.edu)
Date: 01/14/03-09:49:45 PM Z
Jeff wrote:
>Sandy: At Home Depot and such places you'll find in the paint
>section some stuff called Dip-It. It's a heavy-duty rubbery-plastic
>goo that people use to coat the handles of screwdrivers and similar.
>You just dip the Richeson brush handle in it, dip again if you want,
>etc., and you have a nice hard-rubber coated deal there. I coated
>mine right to the edge of the metal ferrule. You can also apply
>Dip-It w/ a brush, which I did w/ another implement. -jb
Hi Jeff,
Thanks to you, and to Clay, for the tip. This stuff sounds like the
solution for the cracking paint on the Richeson. Wonder how it would
work on the deck of a sailboat?
Sandy
>
>At 09:00 PM 1/14/2003 -0500, Sandy King wrote:
>>Carl Weese wrote:
>>
>>>Christine,
>>>
>>>I know some people love the 4" brush but I'm perfectly happy with a 2" for
>>>prints from 8x10 to 12x20. For 'miniature negatives'--4x5 & 5x7--I use a 1".
>>>
>>>---Carl
>>>--
>>> web site with picture galleries
>>> and workshop information at:
>>
>>
>>Well, I came to the Richeson brushes fairly late but when I finally
>>discovered them decided that I just had to have all of the sizes. I
>>am quite happy with the 1.5" brush, delighted with the 2" size, the
>>3" brush is also great, and I just fail to understand how Carl can
>>find true happiness in coating large prints without the 4" version!!
>>
>>But has anyone found a solution for the lousy paint job on the
>>handle? All of my brushes, which have black handles, have cracking
>>paint which is causing the paint to flake off, leaving unexposed
>>wood.
>>
>>Sandy King
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