I had used double sided red carbon paper to make a tracing on Lino and needed to make some corrections by removing some of the red lines. They would not come off with a bit of soap and water or with an eraser. When I saw this video discussing the use of acetone, I found a bottle of acetone nail polish remover in my closet. It worked like a charm.
If you work out an easy way to stain Lino for water based inks I’ll be so pleased to know about it. Keep going with the videos, so interesting and I always find something useful to me. Thanks
Always amazing how you come up with some many differnt ideas and techniques. I am so glad that you share them. These are a great inspiration, although I'm not a fan of acetone (having said that, I do have some and use it outdoors when nothing else works). Thanks, cheers Simone
The brush mark tip is amazing! I have been looking for a way to make "organic" shapes feel more alive, as after carving I find that the become dull in their expression, this might just be it!
Super useful video, thank you! I'd usually apply india ink to the block with a brush then remove some of the pigment with paper towel, very hit or miss and often too dark - will absolutely give this method a go!
I'm new to lino printing so you should probably ignore me, lol, but I use acrylic ink to stain my blocks, with water-based printing inks, and I haven't noticed any problems?
I had used double sided red carbon paper to make a tracing on Lino and needed to make some corrections by removing some of the red lines. They would not come off with a bit of soap and water or with an eraser. When I saw this video discussing the use of acetone, I found a bottle of acetone nail polish remover in my closet. It worked like a charm.
Taa Daa 👌
If you work out an easy way to stain Lino for water based inks I’ll be so pleased to know about it. Keep going with the videos, so interesting and I always find something useful to me. Thanks
Always amazing how you come up with some many differnt ideas and techniques. I am so glad that you share them. These are a great inspiration, although I'm not a fan of acetone (having said that, I do have some and use it outdoors when nothing else works). Thanks, cheers Simone
The brush mark tip is amazing! I have been looking for a way to make "organic" shapes feel more alive, as after carving I find that the become dull in their expression, this might just be it!
Super useful video, thank you! I'd usually apply india ink to the block with a brush then remove some of the pigment with paper towel, very hit or miss and often too dark - will absolutely give this method a go!
Once again some great information.
Thank you Laura !
Isopropyl alcohol works ver well as well. :-)
Hi Laura, lovelovelove your work !!! Would the acrylics work with Charbonnel aqua wash printing ink (emulsified oil) ?
I’m not familiar with this ink so you’d need to test it - but I should think it would 🤞
@@LauraBoswellPrintmaker I think it is a French version of Caligo Safe Wash... Cranfield is hard to find in Belgium :(
I'm new to lino printing so you should probably ignore me, lol, but I use acrylic ink to stain my blocks, with water-based printing inks, and I haven't noticed any problems?
I use water based inks for my Lino printing. How is the Lino stained in this case?
Hi Laura...would this work with Akua printing inks?
I really don’t know - I’d certainly run a test on a small sample first🙂