Re: Some temperaprint questions - beware! these are dummy,beginners questions

Also, if it is just binder, and not pigment, heating in a hot water bath
with soften it and make it dissolve easier as well.

    -David-

Dave Soemarko wrote:

>Loris,
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>The burnt umber won't completely "dissolve." They just get *dispersed* in
>the emulsion. The particle itself is very finely ground, so you shouldn't
>see any lumps. If you are, they are not the pigment itself but clumps of
>pigment + acrylic binder. I think when you mix it, you probably added too
>much liquid the first time. Just try to add a few drops of liquid to the
>pigment, stir it until completely mixed in, then add a few more drops and
>repeat until the mix turn from pastely into creamny. Then you can start to
>add a little more liquid each time.
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>This is hard to describe in words. Are you into cooking? The situation is
>like when you mix flour with water, they tell you to add just a little water
>at first. Otherwise you would be pushing the clumps around and it is very
>difficult to get a good mix. If you add just a little water each time, then
>it will be easier to mix. The other situation is like mixing cocoa powder
>into milk. The cocoa powder doesn't dissolve in the milk either, so you have
>to disperse them.
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Received on Wed Feb 4 18:55:47 2004