Copperplate oils are the base carrier or vehicle for traditional
printing inks to which pigment is added before grinding to the
appropriate consistancy for the various printmaking techniques.
Also known as boiled or burnt linseed oil, referring to their
traditional method of modification, they are today created in a
heated high pressure vessel. The process adds viscosisty and tack
to the linseed oil in increasing degrees ranging from weak to
strong as heating time is increased. As a rough guide the weaker
(thin) to medium oil being the base for intaglio inks and the
medium to strong (thick) oil the base for relief and lithographic
inks. You can soften and loosen an ink by adding weak thinner oil
and increase tack and viscosity by adding stronger thicker oil.
Plate oils should be added to inks sparingly, as the detail of a
print may be lost if the ink becomes too fluid. Gamblin Burnt Plate
Oil Number 2 is a medium oil and is the primary oil binder for
Gamblin Etching Inks.
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