Re: Brush Cleaning for the Gum Bichromate Process

I keep a small soup bowl of water on my work table and each brush goes right
into it as soon as used. If I'm not using it it stays there until I'm
finished and clean up. The bowl is wide enough to keep the hake (or any
other brush) submerged.

Jack

> From: Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>
> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:29:46 -0800
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Brush Cleaning for the Gum Bichromate Process
>
>
> On Mar 24, 2006, at 12:10 PM, Bruce.campbell@att.net wrote:
>
>> All
>>
>> Sorry for such a basic question but I have not seen this addressed
>> in any books or articles.
>>
>>
>> For the gum bichromate process
>>
>> What should you use for cleaning your hake or other types of brush
>> after you have applied your gum-pigment/dichromate solution to your
>> watercolor paper?
>
> Water. I use hot water, because sometimes my brushes sit for a
> while; I wash the whole session's brushes at the same time so often
> the gum is set in the brushes, and hot water dissolves it fastest.
>
>>
>> Also, if you use the brush technique for applying the gelatin and
>> formaldehyde to size your paper, what should you use for cleaning
>> your brush.
>
> Don't know about formaldehyde, but for gelatin and glyoxal it's the
> same thing: hot water.
> Katharine
>
>
Received on Fri Mar 24 15:11:01 2006