Cleaning Brayers
Anyone have any tips for cleaning brayers? Not the roller part themselves, but the buildup of ink between the roller and the handle, in that hard-to-reach spot?
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Remove the roller and clean the handle with paint stripper. Use rubber gloves. If the roller is rubber you can probably use the stripper on the roller ends to clean the inevitable buildup of ink there too.
As Geoffrey noted, this is a common problem and results from too much/too loose ink. But when hand inking it is going to happen, one way or another. I use an oil painter’s stiff palette knife and scrape the ink accumulations away. This works whether the ink is fresh or a hardened build up. The sharp edge of the palette knife easily scrapes away the old ink but use caution so as not to slip and cut the brayer cylinder. Keep on printing!
Jim
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