My First Etching Press! - Unpacking and bed prep of Blick 906 Etching Press 😄 Yay! Printmaking!

I’ve wanted a press for printmaking for years and it’s finally happening! It’s a long video, but I wanted to show the prep for the bed. It’s now happily sitting in my “studio” aka. bedroom. This was the first time I’ve set up a press so my fellow printmakers came to the rescue with information how to protect the metal plate. Thank you!!!
The press is a Blick 906 Etching press from Blick Art Materials www.dickblick.com/products/bl...
I got the 36 inch steel bed and also purchased the blankets.
I did not purchase the table it comes with (out of budget for now, so needing to make some rails to o support the bed.
Materials used to prep bed:
Odorless mineral spirits to clean the bed and then Johnson’s Paste Wax to protect it.
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