Digital BW, The Print

Hi Carolyn,

Yes, you're right about the "burnished" coating aspect. But the
problem I had previously with a brush is that I couldn't somehow break
loose the lumps especially on Hahn. WT which will eventually fall off
after printing. I have tried a variety of brushes to no avail.

But with a "grabbing" cloth I found it works very well with such paper
as Hahn. WT. With this cloth I just gently wipe and I could feel it
picking stuff off of the paper. I'm sure vigorous buffing using this
cloth will lead to burnishing. But using the cloth I'm using now there
is no need to wipe very hard at all.

The way I test this is print a large swatch of pure black and after
the ink has cured for a period of time I'd run my finger across it
trying to get some flakes. I'd even use the cloth to wipe across it to
see if flakes develop. If I got no flakes, the method works.

And I don't think I got any burnishing either because I didn't lose
any dmax after using the cloth.

Anyway if the drafting brush works for you that's great. Because any
white specks that show up is very disheartening.

Thanks,
--nick

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carolyn Frayn
<carolyn@u...> wrote:
> For german etching, william turner and photoRag, I use a drafting 
> brush, natural bristle, brisk brushing. Using a cloth I found that it 
> 'burnished' the paper coating. People I know using these 'flaking' 
> papers have good results with brushing.
> 
> Carolyn