Article · Handprinted
Making a Copper Sulphate Mordant Solution
By Handprinted
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2023
About this lesson
A printmaking supplier's recipe for a copper-sulphate-and-salt mordant used to safely etch aluminium, zinc and steel plates instead of acid, with exact quantities, storage and disposal guidance, and how to rejuvenate a weakening bath.
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