[TheForge] ASPHALTUM
Doug Ayen
[email protected]
Fri Mar 7 15:48:04 2003
Quoth [email protected] ([email protected]):
> What do you use it for?
> I got curious and did a quick internet search and found what was called asphaltum on a couple of artist supply web sites, Dick Blick and Art Supply Warehouse. Is it for etching?
>
> Ray Miller
> Cincinnati
Asphaltum can be used as a resist for etching, mixed with plaster dust and
linseed oil it can be used as the backing for repousee work, it is also
an ingredient in some old formulas for various glues, caulks, paints, and
suchlike.
--doug