From: Tom Ferguson (tomf2468@pipeline.com)
Date: 09/26/03-09:17:22 PM Z
An even coating/soaking is needed in my work. If there is an area much
wetter (puddled), that area will be darker when printed.
The paper towels are used to control the puddles under the cloth (where
you can't see them). And yes, I do feel sad throwing away paper towels
with perfectly good silver on them ;-(
On Friday, September 26, 2003, at 04:06 PM, Ender100@aol.com wrote:
> This is interesting, since I want to do some work on cloth one of these
> days when I catch my breath... I am curious as to why people put the
> cloth on something that is going to soak up MORE coating rather than
> put in on glass or something like that which will soak up less coating,
> thus saving you materials?
>
> Mark Nelson
>
> In a message dated 9/26/03 5:56:05 PM, jseigel@panix.com writes:
>
>
> It was Post-Factory #1, page 22, & IMO particularly interesting because
> rather than the fine sheeting or delicate materials usually used for
> platinum or VDB, it was a heavy rough cotton duck... and included
> details about the coating -- he used a hake brush and laid the canvas
> on
> a piece of flat plywood covered with "three layers of Bounty towels."
> He
> stressed that Bounty works better than the cheapo towels because more
> absorbent.
>
>
>
>
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Tom Ferguson
http://www.ferguson-photo-design.com
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