Re: paint pad for applying sizing

By the way, I tried using the paint pad to smooth the dry-brushed gum
on yupo and it didn't work, but what's more troubling is that it put
dozens of little hairs into the emulsion. I had noticed some hairs
in my pad-sized papers, but I thought the hairs were too long (about
1/4 inch or so) to come out of the paint pad, so I was blaming my
hakes for having a sudden shedding attack. But in this case, it was
definitely the pad.
Katharine

On Mar 9, 2006, at 1:10 PM, Gordon J. Holtslander wrote:

> 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 Sat Mar 11 12:01:43 2006