Digital BW, The Print

Funnily enough I just stepped out and bought two of those brushes.  What do
you clean them with?


> From: Roger L Sopher <rlsopher@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:35:27 -0700
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Spotting Prints
> 
> 
> Steve Kale wrote:
> 
>> A moistened brush?  What type of brush?  Can you really pick up the
>> ink for
>> several hours let alone days?
> 
> A small watercolor brush that will come to a sharp point when moistened.
> The best brushes are probably Windsor-Newton red sable series 7 in sizes
> 0 or 00.  You can get these from any good art store or on the web from
> Jerry's Artarama or the like. Don't use cheap brushes - they don't work
> well at all.
> 
> The technique is similar to that used for spotting conventional prints
> except the brush needs to be moistened to pick up the ink from the
> surface of the glossy paper.
> 
> I've used this method with MIS VM inks and with Epson Ultrachromes with
> no problem. It only takes a minute amount of ink on the brush to do the job.
> 
> I have only used this method for B&W so I can't comment on color.
> 
> Roger