Hi Gordon,
Yes, I use the David lewis stiffener, and yes: do not use too much. On
the other hand, stiffening with pure pigment as I recommended earlier
is a 'two-sided-knife' solution, adopting an extra color-range and
stiffening the ink.
Be careful with using oil-color, the cheaper ones have some nasty stuff
in it , makes often a mess by trying to stiffen it .
Succes,
Henk
On 19 jun 2006, at 4:10, Gordon J. Holtslander wrote:
> Have had a little time to play with oil prints.
>
> I tried modifying an oil pigment by adding calcium carbonate. Put some
> pigment on a tile added a bit of calcium carbonate and worked them
> together with a putty knife.
>
> I ended up with a sort of powdery pigment that would not differentiate
> between the wet and dry portions on the oil print.
>
> Did I add to much calcium carbonate?
>
> Are there any other things that can be used to increase the body of the
> ink - or rather make the ink less sticky so that it will differeniate
> between the wet and dry parts of the print?
>
> David Lewis offers a clay based stiffening powder - is anyone familiar
> with this?
> http://www.bromoil.com/supplies.htm#Lewis%20Pigments
>
> I am just looking for a way to have a variety of colors to use on oil
> prints. Could I just buy Red Blue and Green litho inks and use these
> to
> mix the colors I need? or should I use cyan, magenta and yellow?
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gord
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