Re: paint pad for applying sizing

Hi:

I have found a "giant" paint pad. These are applicators for applying
water based floor finishes. They are somewhere between 6x6 to 8x10
inches. They usually aren't in the paint section a hardware store, but in
the flooring section.

Doesn't work with Yupo, but when I start using paper again I'll try them.

Gord

On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Katharine Thayer wrote:

> By the way, Gord, I want to thank you for your suggestion of using a
> paint pad to finish off and smooth out gelatin sizing (which if I
> remember right, you were applying with a roller). I took that
> suggestion a step farther and now I apply my gelatin sizing with a
> paint pad rather than with a brush. I use the pad saturated with
> gelatin first to saturate the paper with gelatin; this leaves
> bubbles, but then I squeeze the gelatin out of the pad and run it
> across the paper again to smooth the size and remove the bubbles. It
> really makes for fast and even sizing. I'm thinking next of getting
> a separate pad fthat won't ever be soaked into the gelatin solution,
> so that I'll always have a dry pad ready for the smoothing and de-
> bubbling step, and won't have to squeeze the gelatin out of the pad
> each time, that is, for each piece of paper.
> Katharine
>

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Received on Thu Mar 9 15:11:09 2006