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burnishing terra sig. a new insight?

updated sat 23 dec 00

 

iandol on thu 21 dec 00


Vince Pitelka made the following comment to Martin Howard

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This is information which is new to me. I do not think this is made =
clear in any of the texts or references I have read on the subject. =
Knowing this might make a lot of difference and improve the results =
which I have had with this technique. A thicker coating will make a =
great deal of difference to the way the texture beds down under the =
pressure of the burnisher. Thanks Vince for that insight.

Ivor Lewis, Redhill, South Australia.

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