RE: any experience with da vinci brushes

Here it says "rust-proof steel ferrules":
http://www.davinci-defet.com/kuenstler/kat_3_12_engl.html
 
BTW, an important issue is that the polish on the handles may crack with
time and when it does so, you may find tiny bits of the red paint of the
hande on your paper. I guess sanding the damaged polish/paint and
repainting the handle and/or coating it with a strong wood finish would
be a good remedy for this particular problem.
 
Regards,
Loris.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Loris Medici [mailto:mail@loris.medici.name]
Sent: 24 Şubat 2006 Cuma 10:16
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: RE: any experience with da vinci brushes

 
Interesting... My da Vinci brushes are the ones with a black tipped red
handle (series 5080: http://www.davinci-defet.com/medien/massta50.pdf)
and never experienced rust with them (I agree that rust is a killer for
iron processes - have experienced this with relatively cheap Pebeo
brushes; in the form of dark streaks which ruins the print). Some of
these have been used since 2003 (presumably not as often as you do) and
never noticed any rust - seems like stainless to me. I don't have the
brush in front of me right now but can't remember any rivet nails (can't
see any nails in the .pdf too) - usually it's the nails that get rusty
(and that's for low quality products), not the ferrules...
 
Regards,
Loris.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Ender100@aol.com [mailto:Ender100@aol.com]
Sent: 23 Şubat 2006 Perşembe 20:10
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: any experience with da vinci brushes

Hi,

I had a Da Vinci brush before I got the Richeson. It was a great
looking brush and I thought it would work great.... and I think it was
only $25. I used it a few times and then my PT/PD printing started to
go bad-I thought at first it had to do with chemistry and got fresh FO,
etc... then I noticed that there was a streak of rust running from both
the rivets in the ferrule all the way down the bristles to the tips. As
a test I used a fresh foam brush and found that it wasn't my chemistry.
So I tossed the Da Vince and ordered a Richeson. The Richeson is really
worth it. It has much better action than the Da Vinci and absorbs less
material. It didn't rust either-the rivets in the ferrule were
stainless.

But then, that's just my experience. I'll stick with the Richeson.

Mark I. Nelson
www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com
www.PrecisionDigitalNegatives.com
PDNPrint Forum @ Yahoo Groups

In a message dated 2/23/06 11:02:14 AM, mail@loris.medici.name writes:

I can't say anything about the Richesons since I haven't used them. I
have several Da Vinci brushes and they're truly wonderful!!! But even
with the 40% price cut, $75 seems high to me - I recently purchased a 3"
Da Vinci brush for $19 here in Istanbul... I guess this price difference
is due to the high shipment/importation costs to the States (if I'm not
wrong, this is a German product).
Regards,
Loris.
Received on Fri Feb 24 02:21:12 2006