Re: Re: miraclon plates

Chris,

Miracle Gel reducer, is a Dan Smith product. It reduces the body of the ink,
Decreases tack and paper sticking. The class that I just finished teaching
used both MG and Easy Wipe not much differance to the untrained artist. You
should be cleaning your plates after printing. Simple clean and store in a
zip lock (use Canola Oil for this) and it will be fine for reprinting the next
day or two. Real clean, Canola Oil then Mineral Oil after that a lite coat of
Mineral Oil and store in a brand new zip lock. I use a lot of used photo paper
bags for plate storage.

Looking forward to talking to you soon, I need prints real soon too.

xoxoxoxoxox
Jan Pietrzak

 
> From: "Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@bellsouth.net>
> Date: 2004/02/19 Thu PM 02:28:07 GMT
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: miraclon plates
>
> Shannon,
> What is miracle gel? Does it have any water content? If so, it'll dissolve
> the plate. I just use plain old etching ink, or if I need to use the litho
> ink, easy wipe. No oil, either.
> I do find if I am not careful with the tarlatan it'll scratch the plate, esp
> if it has leftover hardened ink in it. I switched to a softer cheesecloth.
> But this is all solarplate, not miraclon.
> However this is not my area of expertise, of course (if you can't already
> tell). I'm hoping I will come close by the end of the semester but I doubt
> it. Thank heavens we are talking about this online or where would we find
> this stuff out, save for taking an $800 workshop?
> Chris
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "shannon stoney" <sstoney@pdq.net>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 8:46 AM
> Subject: RE: miraclon plates
>
>
> > >I don't recall having one stick back when I was in Dallas. What's the
> > >paper? I used just about everything around the studio... BFK, Somerset
> > >Satin-Lana-Velvet, Stonehenge, Arches 88 -Cover too.
> >
> >
> > Fabriano Uno.
> >
> > >
> > >What was the modification... Easy Wipe?
> >
> >
> > plate oil and miracle gel.
> >
> > >
> > >maybe try tech support, somethings not right there
> >
> >
> > We called him several times and none of his suggestions worked.
> > Maybe the emulsion on the plate has changed?
> >
> > --shannon
> >
> >
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Received on Thu Feb 19 10:13:02 2004