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Baren Digest                Friday, 24 July 1998        Volume 04 : Number 223

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From: Hideshi Yoshida <dodoland@silver.plala.or.jp>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 23:43:59 +0900
Subject: [Baren 1231] Answer 

Dear Graham ,
I'm sorry for being late to answer for your question .

You wrote
>How do you cope with the ink setting or crusting over when on the paper.
>I would think there are real problems when you want to print another colour ?

I think there is a little problem .
The order of printing when I print with Liquitex and inks is, Liquitex is
the first inks are next because Liquitex is transparent but inks are opaque,
so inks can cover Liquitex. However, I guess opposite order is not good.
I think it is especially hard to print another color on the ink after it dries.

  In addition, I'm not sure what would happen when you printed another
color on the top of dried Liquitex, because when it is dry it repels liquid.
I don't know for sure if this opinion is right or not because I haven't done
this.

Hideshi

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From: jimandkatemundie@juno.com (James G Mundie)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 11:51:06 -0400
Subject: [Baren 1232] Hiroshi Yoshida text, brayers 

Three cheers to Dave and his daughters for bringing us Hiroshi Yoshida's
book.

What an amazing resource.  I was going through the text and found my
brain overloaded with information.  I had to stop... but I'm sure I will
return again and again.

	The difficulty of making his prints was really driven home to me
in the Appendix where one sees a print and the breakdown beneath of the
number of blocks and impressions.  Yikes!  The print used to illustrate
the frontispiece is currently on display at a gallery here specializing
in Asian prints. That was one of the prints that kept me coming back over
to allow my jaw to drop yet again.

Huzzah, to the clan Bull!

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Re: the recent discussion of brayers

Melting after a year?  That is certainly not what I would expect after
only a year, especially for such an expense.
Was this a clear polyurethane?  I used a wonderful clear brayer several
years back that belonged to a friend, but just when I had saved up enough
money to buy one of my own, the price doubled!  The lovely thing about
the one I had used (manufacturer's name escapes me at present) was that
they were available in a variety of hardnesses. 

At the present time, I am making due with a variety of soft and hard
rubber brayers from Speedball (yes... I know... after all those horrible
things I said about their inks!).  They do an adequate job and they are
inexpensive enough to toss when they start to be lesss than they could be
(usually two+ years).  

	However, I have my eye on variety of brayers carried by
Renaissance Graphic Arts, made for them by Takach Press Corporation.
The "Renaissance Professional Brayer" has a high quality rubber covering,
in a steel frame so that it can sit flat on the table without the roller
touching down.
Dimensions range from 4 inches by 2 1/2 inches to 10 inches by 2 1/2
inches (prices ranging about US$130 to about US$200).

The contact info:

Renaissance Graphic Arts, Inc.
69 Steamwhistle Drive
Ivyland, PA 18974 USA

tel. 1-888-833-3398
fax  215-357-5258
PAT@PRINTMAKING-MATERIALS.COM
http://www.printmaking-materials.com

Patricia R. Bentivogli, the general manager, is very helpful and will
gladly send anyone a catalog. 


Mise le meas,
James Mundie, Philadelphia USA

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From: Matthew.W.Brown@VALLEY.NET (Matthew W Brown)
Date: 23 Jul 98 17:20:46 EDT
Subject: [Baren 1233] Rollers 

On rollers: 
Someone, Andrea?, mentioned using kerosene to clean rollers. I have wondered
about this. Could it be kerosene is not so good for rollers, and a roller plate
wash is better? I have used both, wondering . . .. Anybody know?

Matt

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From: <DARICH@prodigy.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 20:13:51 -0700
Subject: [Baren 1234] Re: Rollers 

Hi Matt,

I don't use kerosene to clean my rollers, just a little paint thinner. 
There are some excellent organic cleaners out there as well.  One I have
tried was citrus based and was not recommended for the rollers but worked
great on glass, blocks, and ink knives.

Andrea

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