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I recently tried dissolving inks with Citrasolv, a degreasing agent I discovered on You Tube. The artist using the solvent was Froyle Davies, and I have become a big fan of her collage work.
After watching her video. I immediately ordered a small bottle of Citrasolv on Amazon, together with a few empty little spray bottles.
Froyle, along with several other You Tube artists, I learned, dissolves the ink from the pages of National Geographic Magazine. The ink moves and makes bubbly designs.
I didn’t have any Nat Geo’s on hand, so I searched for glossy pages from other publications.
I tried three colorful catalog pages, one from Southern Living and one from glossy South Park Magazine, as well as a local sales circular.
I laid them all out on a plastic trash bag in the garage and gave them a good spritz of Citrasolv. I checked them in 20 minute intervals to see what happened. Basically, they went from wet to dryer to dry. The ink didn’t move.
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The Citrasolv did make the garage smell like an orange processing plant!