Friday, December 27, 2024

Crazy Expensive Coating Brushes

Moving forward after the theft of my darkroom trailer propane tanks. It had me down for a few days.

Spent too much money on da Vinci coating brushes today. I bought a 50-5cm brush for $54 CAD and a 80-8cm brush for $149 CAD. 

I avoided buying the bigger brush for years but now that I am going to be coating 11x14 and 16x20, possibly 20x24 inch papers, the larger brush became necessary. I might have to go larger than this to do the largest Platinum-Palladium and Salt Prints. The 80 da Vinci brush is super expensive but part of doing business.

Note* Thus is my second da Vinci 50 brush. The one I have is a bit older and used up so I got a backup. The 50 is so much cheaper than the 80 version, it seemed less painful to buy.