--- Go to the Opening Page of the [Baren] web site ---

Message 1
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:35:42 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40533] Re: Burnt plate oil There are so many grades of this,...
Send Message: To this poster

No....it will damage the paper because it has not been "cooked" enough.
You can do it yourself but it is dangerous
http://www.northernlightstudio.com/burnoil.php
...can I send you some plate oil? I have some and almost never use it
My best
Barbara

• [Back to message index]

Message 2
From: Robert Arnold
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:17:18 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40534] Printing From Linoleum
Send Message: To this poster

I am printing some linocuts on a Conrad Etching Press. I have been using
Arches Cover and 88 paper and printing dry. I would like some
recommendations on what to use for blankets or padding to place on top when
I am running it through the press.

Thanks, Robert

• [Back to message index]

Message 3
From: slinders # comcast.net
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:43:25 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40535] Re: Printing From Linoleum
Send Message: To this poster

Robert Arnold wrote:
> I am printing some linocuts on a Conrad Etching Press. I have been using
> Arches Cover and 88 paper and printing dry. I would like some
> recommendations on what to use for blankets or padding to place on top
> when I am running it through the press.
>
> Thanks, Robert

Hi, Robert,

Graphic Chemical and Ink in Villa Park, IL, can supply excellent
blankets! Dean and Susan are good friends of this list. The
blankets aren't inexpensive, but they are beautifully made and
will serve you well, especially if you use them with sizing
catchers, and keep your hands clean!

http://www.graphicchemical.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?Search=Yes&sppp=25


You'll get suggestions for inexpensive substitutes, but the
quality of the blanket influences the quality of the work that
it's used with. It's difficult to make a blanket that will
give even pressure throughout. You get what you pay for! You
have a good press and will want to have a good blanket!

BTW, have list folks noticed that Pearl is closing or has closed
all of their stores? We need to support our good suppliers!
Graphic has been a good printing resource for tools, inks, and
excellent papers for a very long time!

Best wishes,
Sharen

• [Back to message index]

Message 4
From: Darrell Madis
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:46:28 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40536] Re: Printing From Linoleum
Send Message: To this poster

I use a piece of treadmill belt from a junk treadmill.  Works fine.


           Madis Arts

• [Back to message index]

Message 5
From: Sharri LaPierre
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:06:29 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40537] Re: Burnt plate oil There are so many grades of this,...
Send Message: To this poster

I have always been advised to stay away from the linseed oil from the
hardware store. By now I've forgotten why, but I suspect it is not as
keenly refined and may have some minor impurities. I would advise you
to contact Graphic Chemical and get one of their products recommended
for your purpose. They are very fast and it will be at your doorstep
before you can turn around twice.

Cheers ~
Sharri

• [Back to message index]

Message 6
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:43:14 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40538] Re: Printing From Linoleum
Send Message: To this poster

Robert,
Use one thickness of mat board and if you see embossing on the paper, at least very much, you have too much pressure...there should be no embossing. If you don't get good prints, you need to fix the ink by adding something to make it looser.
Some people do print with just the stiffest blanket, the top woven one. I like mat board better, it gives you an even print and will not push the paper down into the cuts
My best
Barbara

• [Back to message index]

Message 7
From: Ruth Leaf
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:17:23 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40539] Re: Printing From Linoleum
Send Message: To this poster

you can use old wool blankets of padded newspaper. Thet used
newspaper in Mexico when They couldn't afford blankets. Ruth Leaf

• [Back to message index]

Message 8
From: Marilyn Anderson
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:19:39 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40540] Re: thank you! Re: Printing From Linoleum
Send Message: To this poster

Dear June Leaf,

Am new to Baren. I am amazed at the knowledge and experience out
there! Where I am (Rochester, NY) I have few fellow relief print
makers. It is such a treat to learn about ideas like yours! I lived a
number of years in Guatemala and had profound experiences surrounding
the skills and innate ingenuity of people who made things, every
thing from weaving, (the backstrap loom using sticks as warp "beams"),
furniture making using only a machete, and people who would never
think of buying a wooden spoon but would only think of making one
they needed.

So, the idea of printing my wood and linocuts on my etching press
using either a newspaper blanket. great!

Thanks again,
Marilyn

• [Back to message index]

Subject: Ahoy!
Posted by: Jeff Dean

This item is taken from the blog Napping Cat Press Woodcut Prints & Greeting Cards.
'Reply' to Baren about this item.

• Subscribe/Unsubscribe to [Baren] here
• Switch your Digest subscription between 'Plain Text' and HTML here
• Upload your image to be used in these Digests here
• Send your 'ads' for the monthly Ad Roundup to [ads@barenforum.org], before the 15th of the month.
• Most recent statistics on our website are here
• Contact the group managers here
• [Baren] members: if you have a printmaking blog, or a website with a published ATOM feed, and wish it to be included in our daily checklist, please write to the Baren Blog Manager here. (If your blog also contains material other than woodblock-related items, we can only add you if the woodblock posts will be 'labeled' as such. The Blog Managers can provide details.)
• A list of Blogs/Sites currently being tracked by our feed scraper is here