Franz Solo!
I CANNOT believe you tossed out MarsCarve! They are a luxury to me. I
pretty much use any carving material I can get my hands on.
Nasco Saf-T-Kut is my preference because of the cost. But If I could
have any carving material I wanted and it was all the same price, I'd go
for the Staedtler stuff any day. It's thick, cuts nicely, and doesn't
have to be sanded or primed in anyway. No mounting required, either.
Kind of spendy to me, though.
PZ Kut is a dream to carve with, but if if it's not sanded or
Scotch-brited the ink won't hold on the vinyl very well in my
experience. Plus it has to be mounted since it's thin. It's a high
maintenance product, but it is of good quality.
The pink Speedy Kut stuff is O.K., but it is floppy and needs mounting,
so it's kind of high maintenance that way, but it holds ink very nicely
without anything having to be done with it.
Nasco is kind of crumbly, but it is cheap, easy to carve and thick and
firm enough to go unmounted. Takes the ink wonderfully. No sanding
required. It's probably the medium I use the most. (Did I say cheap?)
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TOSS THEIR MARSCARVE CAN CERTAINLY TOSS IT MY WAY IN
THE FUTURE, CAN YOU DIG?
Best regards,
Amanda Briles
The Paisley Orca
Erasers, Carving Material
3 messages in this thread |
Started on 2002-07-10
Re: [LbNA] Erasers, Carving Material
From: (paisleyorca@webtv.net) |
Date: 2002-07-10 20:29:49 UTC-07:00
Re: [LbNA] Erasers, Carving Material
From: (motofranz@webtv.net) |
Date: 2002-07-10 23:50:17 UTC-04:00
Yeah, I guess every one has their preference in materials. I still have
a chunk of Mastercarve that I dont know what to do with. Maybe a special
stamp for something big.
That is a drawback that you have to glue a piece of Balsa wood to the
PZKut.
Amanda, go talk my sister into letterboxing..LOL..
She is in Kent Wa.we only got together once ,and I think she enjoyed
the experience.!
John
a chunk of Mastercarve that I dont know what to do with. Maybe a special
stamp for something big.
That is a drawback that you have to glue a piece of Balsa wood to the
PZKut.
Amanda, go talk my sister into letterboxing..LOL..
She is in Kent Wa.we only got together once ,and I think she enjoyed
the experience.!
John
Re: [LbNA] Erasers, Carving Material
From: defygravity2001 (defygravity@snet.net) |
Date: 2002-07-11 05:20:26 UTC
It drives me crazy to put a lino carver to the crumbly stuff. I have
to go at it with a Dremel. Mastercarve is the only sheet good that
I've found smooth. Plenty of cheap (4 for a dollar at Big Lots)
erasers make great smaller stamps, but every now and then we plan
something larger. Thinness is not an issue for me, because Bruce will
put backers on stamps for me.
My experience with ordinary pink erasers though, is that they don't
hold their shape. I used one for the Connecticut gathering, and after
about 50 impressions it was mushed. I had to touch it up that
afternoon.
Echoing Amanda, one person's trash is another's treasure, I'll take
that Mars vinyl if you don't want it.
Aili
to go at it with a Dremel. Mastercarve is the only sheet good that
I've found smooth. Plenty of cheap (4 for a dollar at Big Lots)
erasers make great smaller stamps, but every now and then we plan
something larger. Thinness is not an issue for me, because Bruce will
put backers on stamps for me.
My experience with ordinary pink erasers though, is that they don't
hold their shape. I used one for the Connecticut gathering, and after
about 50 impressions it was mushed. I had to touch it up that
afternoon.
Echoing Amanda, one person's trash is another's treasure, I'll take
that Mars vinyl if you don't want it.
Aili