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    • Citra Solv Background Swap, Mixed Media Collage, Due October 28th, 2021

    it took a FULL clean-up of my studio to find the citri-solv sheets that I made earlier this year. I didn't have National Geographics, but it did work with some other glossy, heavy-papered magazines. I also learned that my alcohol markers would dissolve the remaining ink. Interesting and fun effects. Oh, and please sign me up!
     
    LuAnnP said:
    it took a FULL clean-up of my studio to find the citri-solv sheets that I made earlier this year. I didn't have National Geographics, but it did work with some other glossy, heavy-papered magazines. I also learned that my alcohol markers would dissolve the remaining ink. Interesting and fun effects. Oh, and please sign me up!
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    Great news, LuAnnP! Welcome to the fun!
     
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    KatieV said:
    Well I found a national geographic magazine, and now I can't find the citra solv. MOVING CAN DRIVE YOU CRAZY :twitcy:
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    How frustrating! So true about moving...and there is always way more stuff than you think! :)
     
    Citra Solv fun!

    I finally got caught up and was able to play.
    So please sign me up :)


    It kind of reminds me of doing tye-dye.
    Like you never really know what it will look like till you open it up !
     
    SpottedCrow said:
    I finally got caught up and was able to play.
    So please sign me up :)


    It kind of reminds me of doing tye-dye.
    Like you never really know what it will look like till you open it up !
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    Beautiful creations, SpottedCrow! So glad you could join us! :)
     
    I spent last Thursday cleaning the garage and Friday in the tidy swept garage with a National Geograpic and a calendar and citrasolv. Four days layer the pages are still smeary. Should I spray them with fixative or wait longer?
     
    Betsyg said:
    I spent last Thursday cleaning the garage and Friday in the tidy swept garage with a National Geograpic and a calendar and citrasolv. Four days layer the pages are still smeary. Should I spray them with fixative or wait longer?
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    How interesting. I wonder if that has something to do with humidity? My pages dried so fast that some of them stuck together and I couldn't get them apart. Has anyone else had an issue with drying?
     
    I did hang mine on a clothes line to dry. I think the problem I had was that the surface felt chalky. I covered it with modge podge on my second set. I can't say that was a big help either as, it them created a gel like layer that could peel off. That is on my POE sets. I used the citrasolve backgrounds on my poe sets.
     
    I don't know if I'll be doing this swap or not.

    However, I am a fan of Bob Burridge"s weekly Bob Blast You Tube presentations. He gives lots of useful lessons on painting. In his episode #336 he talks about using Citra-Solve. Mostly he discusses using it to clean brushes, but he also touches on using it with National Geographic. You can look up Bob Burridge on your search engine.
     
    jo.on.the.go said:
    I don't know if I'll be doing this swap or not.

    However, I am a fan of Bob Burridge"s weekly Bob Blast You Tube presentations. He gives lots of useful lessons on painting. In his episode #336 he talks about using Citra-Solve. Mostly he discusses using it to clean brushes, but he also touches on using it with National Geographic. You can look up Bob Burridge on your search engine.
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    Thanks for the tip, Jo!
     
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