Re: taking care of "the magic brush"

Carmen,

I have a 3 year old Richeson 9010 3" brush that shows no sign of rust at all.
  I use it strictly for Platinum & Palladium. I pre-wet it in distilled
water and shake it til I don't feel any droplets flying out of the brush — then I
coat my paper. After using it, I rinse it very well immediately in tap
water that is about room temperature and shake it out... then I rinse again in
distilled water and shake it out.... finally I hang it upside down to dry with
the bristles all combed nice and straight so any residual moisture is not
draining down into the ferrule.

I do a lot of shaking out—but no magic brush elbow yet....

When I first got the brush, before using it, I masked the bristles and about
1/4 inch of the ferrule and then sprayed the rest of the metal ferrul and
handle —especially where the ferrule meets the handle with a can of plastic
coating that is carried by hardware stores to coat tool handles. That seems to
have helped.

Best Wishes,
Mark I. Nelson
www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com
www.PrecisionDigitalNegatives.com
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In a message dated 2/4/06 1:31:00 AM, eyeear@telus.net writes:

> I use a Richeson brush for coating Pt/Pd and Satista emulsions. Right
> after
> use, I give it a good rinse in tap water, soak it in a solution of
> Na4-EDTA
> (1 tasp in 1L water) for 30-60', then rinse in water and keep it soaked
> in the same.
> This has worked for me. I hope this helps.  Rajul
>
Received on Sat Feb 4 02:27:22 2006