Re: Re: photo-acrylic question

The silicone plate has a VERY shallow etch. When finished you can barely see the etch but it holds ink quite nicely. The silicone repels the ink that is rolled on. Think inking the plate in 30 seconds instead of wiping 10 minutes. Takes about 90 second exposure to sunlight and a couple of minutes to wash out with an alcohol solution. Then about 5 minutes post wash out exposure to sun to harden the plate and you are done. From then on it is just an intaglio printing process. I have used the photopolymer plates and silicone wins hands down. Look at Rembrandt Graphic Arts www site for a book on the process. >
> From: Jack Brubaker <jack@jackbrubaker.com>
> Date: 2003/11/07 Fri AM 10:48:57 CST
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: photo-acrylic question
>
> Is the silicone plate lithographic? It sound like it is both lithographic
> and slightly intaglio. Or does it etch deeply and the oil repelling surface
> helps in wiping the intagio image? Do you roll on the ink as in traditional
> litho roll-up, or is the plate inked and wiped as traditional intaglio? I am
> also trying out the Polyester litho plates that image directly from a laser
> printer and can be drawn on. There are so many new choices.
>
> Jack
>
> > From: res1dvao@verizon.net
> > Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> > Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:27:33 -0600
> > To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> > Subject: Re: photo-acrylic question
> >
> > I found it a problem to work with. Look at the silicone plates available at
> > Rembrant. Less expensive than photopolymer.
> >>
> >> From: Jack Brubaker <jack@jackbrubaker.com>
> >> Date: 2003/11/06 Thu AM 10:25:26 CST
> >> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> >> Subject: photo-acrylic question
> >>
> >> Has anyone experience with the photo-acrylic in sheet form? I asked this a
> >> few days ago and hope it got overlooked by someone outthere that has used
> >> the sheet acrylic for intaglio. I want to try the acrylic-intaglio process
> >> but would rather not pay for the solar plates if the cheaper sheet material
> >> works as promised... Any help would be most welcome!
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Jack
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
Received on Fri Nov 7 12:30:06 2003