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| Chris was at an art materials trade show in Phoenix a few weeks ago and came home with a new water soluble etching ink for me to try from one of my favourite ink companies, Charbonnel. |
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| I like the idea of less solvents, though I do clean up plates and rollers with baby oil in my studio but am wondering if oil based inks will soon be a thing of the past as they slowly do away with oil based paints and varnishes for the home. |
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| The ink seemed very thin and not as tacky as I am used to for intaglio printing. Possibly some dry magnesium could fix that. Colour was very good and with all Charbonnel inks, you get alot of quality pigment for your money. |
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| Cleaning up with just straight water seemed to work, though the addition of soap made it even better. Was looking for it to be even easier... |
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| As I was out of dry magnesium and could not try to stiffen up the ink, thought I should try it on a block as they suggest. This worked very well and I like the idea of ink not drying on the roller or block but still being easy to clean up. |
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| More testing will have to be done before I make a big switch and am curious about how they will mix with the oil based etching inks that I already have. Chris did purchase the range for wyndham art supplies, so will have to see. I think they would work beautifully for monotyping as they are so soft and would be great to use with a brush. |
