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Aiden Park@aiden·3h

Two questions for the printmakers in the room: 1) what’s your minimum dry time before a fourth pull in a 17°C studio, and 2) anyone using cold-set inks for a four-blue gradient?

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Maren Kohler @maren · Following you

For 1) — minimum 4 minutes at 17°C, more like 7 if humidity is high. I learned this the hard way in February with a stubborn cobalt that wouldn’t set. @aiden

For 2) — cold-set inks work but registration drifts ~0.2mm at -2°C in my press. Manageable if you account for it; surprising if you don’t.

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Naia Souza@naia·14m

Confirming the 0.2mm registration drift — I’ve been keeping a notebook with cold-set tests for a year. Happy to share scans if useful.

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Maren Kohler@maren·10m

Yes please — that scan would settle a year of debate. Want me to DM you a folder?

Inga Held@inga·42m

Conservator’s side note: cold-set inks are excellent for archival stability but the binder migration over 5+ years isn’t well documented for printmaking weights. Worth thinking about for editioned work.

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Cora Lindqvist@cora·1h

Saving this whole thread. The internet works again.

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