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CRANFIELD CALIGO SAFE WASH INKS & INK MODIFIERS
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- Caligo Safe Wash Etching Inks
- Caligo Safe Wash Relief Inks
- Printmaking Ink Modifiers
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Caligo Safe Wash Etching Inks
Oil-based and washable, these artist quality etching printmaking inks are made for nontoxic printmaking. They can be washed away with liquid soap and cold water.
Etching can be a demanding discipline that deserves the most suitable ink formulation.
Cranfield Safe Wash Etching Inks perfectly balance colour intensity with the ability to wipe cleanly from the plate, without compromising your desire to avoid solvents when cleaning up.
Beautiful pigments, finely ground into the purest oil for archival results.
Below are all sixteen colours offered in the Caligo Safe Wash Etching Inks,
75 ml tubes. The Caligo Safe Wash Extender is an ink just like all the colours in the range it is simply made with a transparent base. Add it to your ink to increase transparency and reduce its strength.
Also available in the 75 ml tubes are the six colour sets. This set also includes the extender.
- Carbon Black
- Process Blue (Cyan)
- Process Red (Magenta)
- Process Yellow
- Opaque White
- Extender
For colour selections of the Caligo Safe Wash Etching Inks please refer to the colour chart provided below:
Click here for a larger version of the colour chart.
Please note: Due to inherent differences in computer monitors, colours displayed on the attached colour chart may not accurately represent the actual colour.
Caligo Safe Wash Relief Inks
Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash Relief Ink are oil-based and washable and handcrafted in Great Britain.
Cleaning up with soap and cold water, these oil-based relief inks offer the best of all worlds. They are an artist quality relief printmaking inks for non-toxic printmaking and can be washed away with liquid soap and cold water.
Caligo Safe Wash Relief inks are suitable for both damped and dry paper and deliver strong crisp results.
Beautiful pigments, finely ground into the purest oil for archival results.
Below are all twenty colours offered in the Caligo Safe Wash Relief Inks,
75 ml tubes. The Caligo Safe Wash Extender is an ink just like all the colours in the range it is simply made with a transparent base. Add it to your ink to increase transparency and reduce its strength.
Also available in the 75 ml tubes are the six colour sets. This set also includes the extender.
- Carbon Black
- Process Blue (Cyan)
- Process Red (Magenta)
- Process Yellow
- Opaque White
- Extender
For colour selections of the Caligo Safe Wash Relief Inks please refer to the colour chart provided below:
Click here for a larger version of the colour chart.
Please note: Due to inherent differences in computer monitors, colours displayed on the attached colour chart may not accurately represent the actual colour.
Caligo Safe Wash Relief Inks - Soft Shades
Also available in the Caligo Safe Wash Relief Inks, 75 ml tubes, are six colours of Soft Shades.
Caligo Safe Wash Relief Inks - Soft Shade colours are as follows:
- Mustard Yellow
- Peach
- Pale Violet
- Soft Pink
- Sage Green
- Powder Blue
The Caligo Safe Wash Relief Inks,
75 ml tubes, Soft Shades are available as a set.
Printmaking Ink Modifiers
Printmaking ink modifiers are additives used to alter the body, tack, viscosity, and drying time of printing inks to suit specific techniques, weather conditions, or paper types.
Currently we offer three types of modifiers as shown below.
Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash Oil (250 ml)
This specialist washable oil that you can add to your Safe Wash Inks when you need to thin and dilute your ink. It makes your inks thinner, reduces viscosity, increases flow and increases transparency.
This oil modifier is made with the same linseed oil medium used to make the safe wash inks. It is therefore an ‘oily’ rather than ‘inky’ modifier. If you need to increase transparency but maintain the body of you ink use Caligo Safe Wash Extender.
Caligo Safe Wash Oil is Ideal for Monoprinting and Carborundum printing when you need to thin and dilute your inks. Also suitablle for Viscosity Printing applications when you need to reduce viscosity and increase the
flow of your inks.
Cranfield Wiping Compound & Tack Reducer (150 ml)
Cranfield Wiping Compound & Tack reducer is a multi-purpose modifier for use with any of Cranfield's Traditional oil-based printing inks including their range of Caligo Safe Wash Inks. It will reduce the tack and maintain the body of your ink. It will help etching inks wipe more easily. It will help improve the transfer of ink on smooth solid areas of colour. Add up to 3% by volume.
Cranfield Printmakers’ Wax Drier (75 ml)
This easy-to-use additive is compatible with any Cranfield or Caligo oil-based printmaking ink and, because it’s been formulated with a similar viscosity to most oil-based printmaking inks, the Printmakers’ Wax Drier paste can be mixed with ease into an ink on the slab with a pallet knife.
Packed in 75 ml tubes, add the wax drier to noticeably increase the speed of ink drying. In addition, the presence of a blended wax compound means that the finished print is more resistant to rubbing and marking over the longer term. The blend of driers is balanced to encourage surface drying of the printed ink film during initial ‘setting’, and the ‘through drying’ of the ink
over the longer term.
