How to Etch with White Vinegar (Kitchen Lithography Variation)

Last week I happened upon videos about kitchen lithography. It got me very excited! I couldn't wait to try the process out for myself. But, what occurred to me was that it was the acidic properties of cola that was responsible for the etch. This led me to believe that white vinegar might be a more practical alternative to etch with. Practical in the sense that it's just as acidic as cola, can be re-used many times, thereby becoming more cost effective. As you can see by the results on the video, the process works equally as well using white vinegar as the etch instead of cola. Here is a list of the materials you'll need to do the process yourself:
1. Heavy Duty aluminum foil (Use dull side to work on)
2. Gloves
3. Litho crayon
4. Piece of plexi-glass
5. Vegetable oil
6. Paper towels
7. Plastic tub
8. White vinegar
9. Water
10. Etching or relief ink
11. Brayer
12. Sponges
13. Trays for water
14. Paper
15. Spoon or etching press
I plan to try more experiments using white vinegar in the future. Will post more results for you to see.
P.S. I had two semesters of lithography at community college so I know what I'm talking about. :) (ha ha!)

[@Laura07110711]

Thanks for sharing. I can't believe all the trolls posting rude comments. Print making is an old form of art. It would be a better use of your time than being rude on people's videos. Sorry for all the jerks out there!

[@kathymyers7279]

Laura Stewart we aren't being rude just don't understand. I always ask questions when I don't understand something.

[@JessieSocial]

Kathy Myers printmaking is a very complex and elusive form of art. You can't just jump in and think you can understand it all in one tutorial. Start off first by learn something more easier to grasp. Say relief printing. Then move on to something like silkscreen. Once you figure that out you'll have a better idea of what printmaking is. Then it would be recommended to learn more about etchs and their relationship to stone/metal.. Lithography. It's like trying to play Mozart when you have just barely started playing piano.

[@cliffdariff74]

Because he didn’t EXPLAIN anything, he just showed what he was doing, ..gave no reason for how or why.

[@CBlackartist]

This is a fun project to introduce students to printmaking without using acid. Excellent video.

[@dagobb]

This is a 5 century old technology! although it's is great to see that people are still learning these technics to keep history alive!

[@spacial2]

I can't imagine ever doing this but it is seriously interesting. Especially the part where it suggests you can save soda for dinner! Really did enjoy this.

[@bgcyclist]

I took lithography in college and loved the chemistry. This is a great reminder and a good way to do it at home. Thank you for sharing.

[@anabeller8732]

can't wait to try this and im glad i dont need to waste my cola! thank you,this will be a fun craft project to do. there are so many printmaking techniques, and people who say that it would be easier just drawn on paper don't realise the actual process is why people are into the variety of printmaking. the fun is in the process. if you have no clue what printmaking techniques are google that first before ridiculing someone trying to make it easier for those who want to learn

[@LisaMAltemose]

For those wondering why so much trouble was spent when 'just draw on the paper directly' would do just as well, this is ART people! It's a process that's not practiced by many anymore. This used to be the only way to make pictures, photos, etc. I took a printmaking class in college and found it very interesting. Lots of fun and educational as well.

[@Joebunkyss1]

you're method of showing what to do if one fails the first time.....is much appreciated as many tutorials assume .....all will go well on the day......and we all know how that goes.....murphy always carried erasors.

[@susansylvia2833]

Love seeing the old craft, but it makes me grateful for the photocopier.

[@scz67]

Mate, great demonstration of a crude but effective method of lithography. To the (why didn't you just draw it on the paper first?) negative and ignorant bellends giving you grief bellow, this is a method used to reproduce exactly the same image more than once, over and over, so that monks didn't have to hand write every page of the bible, or whatever other information that needed to be disseminated. This dude is simply showing you the basis of lithography, ie that oil and water don't mix. The vinegar etch is required to produce an anodised surface that is hydrophilic, and will shed the oily ink when dampened with water. Prior to lithography, printing was a much more labour intensive process (letterpress or relief) where the image and none image areas were differentiated physically, rather than chemically, and had to be either cut into wood, or cast in a lead alloy. Like many inventions, lithography was discovered by accident, by a gentleman, Alois Senefelder, and is in use today.

[@Cristobels-Green-Boots]

Really excellent comment! Thank you🙏

[@jeffhreid]

What a great explanation. Thanks I didn’t realize the way lithographs works vs cut prints

[@gatoniebla4900]

Writings were never lithographed. Lithography was invented in 1798 long after the invention of the printing press. And as a matter of fact this kind of edging is not a lithography because a proper lithography plate is engraved in stone... But it is a nice and creativ way of making art prints.

[@litwriter1468]

Really, people? "I would have just drawn it on the paper" commenters need to get educated. Drawing it on the paper would then be a drawing and not a print. You want one drawing or many prints of the same drawing? Great tutorial jjewelart. Very helpful for real artists trying to make a go of it on a shoe string budget. And for those of you that don't have a press, I saw another video where this woman used a hand roller as a press for her print to show the difference between hand printing and using an etching press. I am going to try a heavy marble rolling pin to see if it will yield comparable results. I think the video was by Akua Printing.

[@evanriddle1614]

The thought came to mind while watching: we're in far too big a hurry these days. Thank you so very much!

[@tammygurl64]

This is cool. For some reason this reminded me of making copies for my elementary school teachers in the early 1970's. I think it was called a stencil and stencil press. I haven't thought of that in ages. Thanks for sharing your video! 🙂

[@choclinda]

Some comments are by people who just do't get it..It's the process that makes it interesting especially if you know anything about lithographic printing. Good job...really enjoyed it..

[@katharinamjaggi328]

I was so excited to see this being done in your kitchen with basics. Can't wait to try my own. Thanks!

[@iac4357]

Your Kitchen has an Etching Press ?

[@adamemac]

*WELL DONE!* I have no artistic ability nor will probably ever do this but your video was *very informative* for someone like me that enjoys just learning random stuff. Thanks!!

[@khalidlatif3577]

I agree I can believe all that but u not show how u got image????? Rest all after that we check I hope u reply which I think u never oh which in u used.........

[@adamemac]

@@khalidlatif3577 I'm not sure. You replied to my comment when I think you want to post a comment on the actual video so they will see it better. Good luck!

[@khalidlatif3577]

@@adamemac sorry it's taken as u and ur reply I never mean it basically I sent that to real man who made this video sorry again

[@adamemac]

@@khalidlatif3577 No problem at all. I hope you get an answer to your question.

[@artistpw]

That worked well. For all the people that posted uninformed comments, this is just a quick sample to show the process. Etching plates are more expensive than just a sheet of tin foil. I have a BFA from KCAI. I think you can do litho on clay art boards and litho crayons with a similar sort of process. Let's see someone find a lithostone and the process to do that. (That's why I switched from printmaking to painting as my major.) I've seen rollers used to make flat sheets of ceramic clay that might be cost effective maybe, I've never tried to see the prices of those.

[@apple_far]

Very cool. I love how he showed how to use vinegar and oil to not destroy the foil. I see people using their hands all the time because they can't think of anything or they just crumple it up and throw it away.

[@MattSeremet]

great vid, great tutorial. Just like my printmaking class in college. The negatve comments below are very odd. The idea of printmaking is the ability to create a series of the same or similar images, using artist pigments and materials. What you get out of a printer is just a mixture of the 4 same colors (cyan magenta yellow and black). When you do printmaking you have an incredible world of colors (ie pigments, literally clumps of minerals and such) each with their own reflective properties, opacity, vibrancy, not to mention to chemistry of mixing them. Print out a van gogh and hold it up to the real painting, big difference. Same is true of even the most simple line drawings in black and white litho. You can't reproduce the real oil based, PERMANENT ink on the paper with a printer, nor can you ever get the incredible minute details no matter how fine you DPI is. Another fun bit about prints from a traditional process vs a printer, you can get small variations in the prints when done traditionally. These variations can actually give a certain life to each one. If printed from a printer, the only variation you'll get is unwanted, unless it's those cool color bars when one of the inks goes out, but thats just an abstraction of the point ;). But indeed, one does not need "talent" to do printmaking. Draw a bunch of squiggles, it'll look cool. Expirment. Have fun.

[@klocker22]

this comment is actually insightful.. i missed the whole point of lithography.

[@CBlackartist]

+Matt Seremet Indeed.

[@MattSeremet]

~deleted my response to an inappropriate comment~

[@jessicaavidor7473]

what other metals do you think would work with this? Im trying to etch but I don't want to use those harsh chemicals or a battery lol :P

[@paridarbari26]

yyyy tette t. G. Q

[@RV3chick]

These commenters obviously have no idea what the art of printmaking is all about. I thought this was an awesome video. It makes me want to build a press and start printmaking again. Nice job!

[@pernanjp]

[e-mail] Most of the video was him showing the etching process. That was the focus of the video.

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

Why are you annoyed? I liked the video, and it was useful. I am one of the many people who like printmaking, and would love to have a press of their own.

[@TheRockindio]

I fucking hated it. My inner self is crawling with anger. My little mind can't understand what magic this is.... How is there two dogs 😠

[@moirarae]

OMG! Why have I never seen this before?! Fantastic methodology! Thank you so very much for posting this.

[@mayhembeading3737]

Thank you for sharing this video. I believe the purpose was for demonstrating the method and technique.

[@secretaryelc5761]

Oh I love this. I cant wait to do it with my 3rd graders. We are trying every "safe" printmaking technique we can. Thanks!

[@alracm2]

Thanks for sharing this! I'm always looking for more enviro friendly ways to make prints and this is a great process! I think it would also serve as a terrific introduction to lithography for my school students. Thank you 😊

[@mrssnowy]

I'm extremely grateful for this excellent demonstration. Thank you. I tried the cola method with no luck, blamed myself for buying cheap cola rather than Coke. Never mind, vinegar is a much better option and I'm not tempted to drink it.

[@century153]

I have a litho my aunt made for me and I always wondered what the process was -- thanks for posting -- it was very interesting.

[@LaughterOnWater]

Let's see... vinegar? check. oil? check. sponges? check. Professional floor-model etching press? Hmmm... Not under the sink... Not in the pantry... Not hanging from the pot rack...

[@pesto12601]

Lol.. and you forgot one other "ingredient"... TALENT to make the the drawing!

[@BuildBreakFix]

LOL by the time this video started to the time it was over. I could of drew 200 of those dogs on a peace of paper............

[@jorgenlannock]

Tibor Sallai cant you just scan the image you draw and print it with a printer like a million times? what am i missing here?

[@TheAdub91]

Jörgen Börg omg no soul

[@Singlewhitepixel]

Maybe a pasta machine might work? If you have one... they're a lot cheaper than a printing press anyway ;)

[@elfy60]

This a very nice video. Yes, you could have drawn the image, but you were demonstrating how to produce an etching print. I'm going to try this. Thank you.

[@CageYueSL]

LOL - How to etch using white vinegar, aluminium kitchen foil and oh yeh, a lithography press, because everyone has one of those lying around!

[@scarroll1555]

its an etching press....but yeah, I agree.

[@mardiolinapetines4172]

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[@tainadelcaribe]

there are die cutting machines that can be used as pressed (because it's the same mechanism) and they sell for about $39 starting for a 4-5" wide pressure roller area. So you could make it easily; especially if it's something smaller than 6". I actually have one that covers anything smaller than 8.75" x 15" and it was only $125.

[@melanieadams5524]

omg! i'd forgotten about those washers! i would stay with my dad and stepmom in the summer, when i was a kid (in the 70's) and she used one of those washers. i remember being fascinated by it. i got in trouble several times for trying to run all kinds of shit through it. i think your idea to try to use one for a press is awesome and now i want to try it! LOL

[@mebearcreations]

Lol before watching the video I read your comment.....too funny! Thanks for the warning 🤣😂

[@marcoelli236]

Start as a "aluminum salad" and end as a noodle maker. So nice! Hi from Argentina!

[@artysan1]

Brilliant video. Thank you for sharing. This is something I will be trying. Shame about some of the idiotic remarks left by viewers.

[@blaggerfiftysix]

shame some idiots are taken in by this drivel...

[@syee3]

Nice demo and explanations. Glad you explained about the plate needing to be damp for inking.

[@susannahclemence1240]

brilliant! I didn't realise I could wash off the veg oil just with water, once the plate is wet. I'll be braver now.. and I really like your drawing, too.

[@stephanieo6252]

Yet you can't spell such a common word. Realize

[@TheCynzrtst]

Hmmm.🤷‍♀️ I'm just an old lady that stumbled on this, so if you will please forgive my very humble opinion...I've met a few like you. My stepfather ran a printing department for a hospital organization in Chicago. Printers are a fun bunch of guys! Creative and artistic. Science and math with beauty. Grew up highly respectful of the field. The guys like you don't get to keep their ring finger on their left hand for long. Not only the experience as a kid, I'm a retired rescue paramedic. The way your hands were on the press almost made my heart skip a beat waiting to hear a call for a "white male/ traumatic amputation" with my PTSD. I support your artistic skills, you're brilliant, BUT...SAFETY FIRST.

[@whiskitty]

I'm amazed by the amount of people here who clearly missed the point with comments like, "Print at the store for 10 cents...Draw on paper..." will you do some online research and visit some galleries and get a clue before you make opinions devaluing the artistic process?

[@blessings5735]

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[@edgardocarrasquillo4222]

Mindblown :0 he trabajado la litografia tradicional con las piedras asi mismo con las planchas de zinc, pero me he quedado sin palabras. Gracias por el video, impresionate. Sublime.

[@dougbellamah]

Well you can say all the negative things you want to. But the video got 16700+and. Counting views...... It an art that any real craftsman would understand.

[@greenmarine5]

I've been a lithography printer now for the last 22 years...all this is, is a basic means of lithography. The reason for making the plate is to use over and over again. Use gum arabic to preserve the etched image after printing for storage. If you use gum arabic as an ink repelent you are going to have a plate tottaly covered in ink. The reason for the water is because that ink is oil based, oil & water don't mix so there for the ink only sticks to the etched area. It's very basic

[@dwilder1667]

Great demo on using vinegar in home brew etching. Simple and to the point. Evidently not simple enough though as so many commenters clearly missed the point. Not sure what you did to attract such a vortex of stupidity - lucky you.

[@IAMGiftbearer]

That is really clever! I never realized Vinegar was aggressive enough to get that deep an impression! Will have to try that! I wonder if a pasta machine would work to roll it through if we don't have a printing press?

[@FDLola]

That’s what I was thinking! I’m about to try!

[@FDLola]

Oh.. just realized this comments over 7 years old 🥴

[@places2prayl.a.539]

For the trolls, dont let the printing press stop you! You can use a wooden spoon or a rolling pin with pressure you'll be fine.

[@magistra137]

Very interesting to see that whole process in action. I guess you now have a plate of your art which you can ink over and over again, making x amount of printings, kind of like wood block prints? I always love the look of prints. Thank you for sharing!

[@hvacker4194]

Pretty cool. I took 2 years of print making in college but never thought of a Rube Goldberg method like this. It might have been better to enplane the purpose of an acid etch and oil resist etc. because lithography chemistry and methods are a bit hard to grasp at first. Way different from the huge and heavy litho stones I used to lug around the studio.

[@KB4QAA]

If you need to speed up the etching try: 1. heating the vinegar; 2. swirl or agitate dish 3. Adding un-iodized salt and fresh hydrogen peroxide (hair salon version is strongest) This method is used by electronic hobbyist to etch copper printed circuit boards.

[@raegoosen]

Thanks for this, tremendously interesting. I do a great deal of printmaking on ceramics which I exhibit extensively and currently working with aluminium fired on to my ceramics with glass. Complex process so always great to come across a video unexpectedly that takes one in a different direction......this is what creativity is about, this video may seem inconsequential to some numbskulls, but how does one invent anything without experimentation.....so congrats, simple humorous and I loved it and shall certainly be trying it. Plenty of people around that have presses!

[@gullreefclub]

"Plenty of people around that have presses" Surely sir you are jest, that or you live in a very special world that I nor no of my friends am privy to.

[@raegoosen]

This dame does not jest sir.................there are art schools that, for a fee, would allow one to do a mornings printing, we also have art suppliers that hire their presses for the morning. I have two friends that have offered me the use of their presses for free, but I don't. Yes, I truly do live in a very special world but my guess is that if you are keen to learn printing and do some research, you will find that your world too is special ....otherwise just use a spoon!!! :-)

[@raegoosen]

P.S. I use my ceramic clay roller, not ideal but I get the results.........maak 'n plan!

[@mellorgray]

I don’t understand all the negative comments. Great video. I shall be trying out on copper shim

[@rg-r]

Awesome! Alphonse Poitevin would be thrilled. No idea cola was that acidic. I often use vinegar as a pickle in my jewellery making. Great video, thank you!

[@Pacchiella]

This technique is a great!. I've tried litho with stones and it's really heavy to deal with. I will definitely try this method. Thanks for share!

[@jaykay415]

I like the look of the final product!

[@denisespad]

@Mark V I'm not sure what he used, but you can use about a 1/8" plexi sheet. You don't need a press. A baren can work just as well or even a flat wooden spoon. You can use heavy printers paper, rice paper, just about any fiberous paper will do. It needs to be damp to grab the ink. In this case the plate is etched smooth and the drawn area is raised. The ink sticks to the raised area and rubs off the smooth. Cheese cloth is good for this in place of the sponge.

[@NashvilleClay]

Great demo!

[@newheart3884]

I just think there are alot of parts missing for people who know nothing about what you are doing but it's a good video, comments help people to make more videos, thx

[@PFyN0T]

Love this video! I couldn`t do the Etching technique because my school doesn`t provide it for safety reasons. But with this easy to go!

[@denisespad]

Very nice. I want to try this soon. I've watched several of these and like the use of white vinegar better. The foil idea is way less expensive than etching plates and definitely less annoying than those big litho stones!

[@katebraid8745]

Very interesting! Demonstrating a few processes super clearly!

[@jacquelinesmith1624]

Thanks for the video! This method is super accessible to the high school classroom. We've got a press, thankfully, but using easily obtainable supplies makes it very affordable!

[@JSmedic1]

Ohhhhh! That is so cool! Now, I have an alternative to ferric acid and copper plate. Yay!

[@gcmixon]

You left out so many details I can't imagine anyone making a print based on your instructions.

[@Margerita55]

A printed image is a different medium than a hand drawn image; so it has a different line quality etc. It is sort of like asking a landscape photographer why take a photo when you can just go see the landscape in person? This is what happens when school art programs are defunded. Great video btw.

[@vittocrazi]

because the puppy was a demonstration... the piont of this is that u can make a more complex matrix and copy it several times in different sizes and kinds of paper... lots of artists make this to sell many original drawings for lower price... or make a limited edition that goes more expensive, since once u destroy the matrix, u cant get the exact drawing again... he is just showing the technique, but you can give it a more meaningfull purpose... sorry for bad english, im not a native speaker :P

[@richcrowe1413]

For all around use of household items, being creative in technique w/ things you have in method making .. I say bravo! Kudos to ya! Peace

[@SassyNpinkable]

seriously interesting but so much more patience required than I have, wow!

[@ART_INDIA]

Best part is we can do it at home also....thanks 😊👍 I am going to do this ... let's go 😊

[@hakobart2]

Wow, amazing!!! I used to do lithography, but not any more since I don't have stones and press. I think you should try offset printing plates instead of aluminium foil. It's thicker than foil and it could be easier to work on it. Me and my friends did a lot of dry points on that offset plates. I should try this "kitchen lithography" also. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@timclayton8214]

Interesting video, thank you. I believe that the gum arabic contained in cola is important in the inking up process later, although the chemistry eludes me at the moment!

[@nyanachase7741]

So…but…say if a person just happened to have said gum arabic..maybe they could experiment and try it in the water? Would you guess? Or the ink? Do you think? I am going to try and print my gbabys art. Im plate away from gelli printing. But I am all about my kitchen! 😂 hope you see this! Will any old office supply ink work? If someone had such ink…will this ever stop? These incessant kitchen crafts? I just spent yesterday trying to make acrylic paint..for the gelli…I got guash. I need a good resin. Anyway toodles! Hope to hear from your geeky self! ❤️

[@butterflyhootenani7650]

This looks like fun! I would have to use a kitchen rolling pin. If enough pressure was applied, I think it might work.

[@Cristobels-Green-Boots]

Someone suggested Pasta Machine! Probably worth a try: & I know of a Japanese Printmaker who makes etching plates, uses etching inks, but always does the actual print with a Burin --- this is a flat tool with a handle, more often used in lino-printing: I'm intrigued by this, as it seems more authentic....I saw this in a book entitled 'Printmakers Secrets' which I now seem to have been nudged into buying! I found the video, & (parts of!) the subsequent discussion a really helpful springboard! 🙏

[@sclogse1]

How you applied the image, and with what ink before you started the rest would have helped.

[@lucretiaonutube]

This is awesome... i am fed up using cola, so will give the vinegar a try.

[@jleonrdec]

FANTASTIC!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH US! A HUG FROM DENMARK

[@melodyluna1851]

That was a pretty good tutorial. I enjoyed knowing the process. Although I think he took a little long between steps but other than that was very interesting. I paint with oils, acrylics and airbrush art but was always curious about printing and lithography. This is great if you are trying to create many prints. I actually like this better than screen printing.

[@patrishajohnson1787]

OK, NOT trying to be NEGATIVE... If, someone says.. But, never done this before! Wish you showed how you did the image and what was in the o called dirty water and why? Love this idea ty!!

[@RosaFelis666]

Thank you so much for sharing! I followed the other KZbin videos using Cola and never succeed.…Will try your method. Hope I can succeed for at least one time before I give up kitchen litho.--printmaking beginner.

[@ilikeoptter]

Great video. I would have liked to see more of the pint set-up as well.

[@exploreyourweb]

Cool. Amazing. Never seen that before. Thanks for posting.

[@tbur4087]

I also want to know how the image was applied to the foil....

[@chrisruss9861]

Thanks, good way to learn principles of lithography.

[@Ddigzdirt]

Nice demo on how much work it really is

[@Robocoppat]

all that for that? Jesus Christ guess I'll never get back the 7:51 I spent watching this video!

[@aconnor07]

I did all of the above when I tried it. The process looks very easy so it's a bit of a mystery why it didn't work. But I thank you for answering. I'll let you know what the problem is if and when it works for me.

[@Hahnemaniac]

I did lithography and etching at University for an art credit, and still have the plates, but it never ocourred to me that I could DIY the process at home with alu foil and vinegar! That's totally cool! I was thinking a rolling pin with a lot of pressure woud work for the "press"...? Since the foil is so thin, I bet it sticks down and isnzt likely to slip around under the paper. Anyideas for DIYing the litho ink?! For the millenials who just want to scan and print, art existed before electricity and will exist after the last EMP. Study up now, cause when the SHTF your printer will be "off".

[@kellischneider3255]

Well watching this is time I’ll never get back!

[@artistcolor]

The point is printing... like any printing, you are making a mirror copy... you can reink this many times and make many copies. Like printing with block printing, screen printing, lithography, etching... any kind of printing. He drew with litho crayons which he showed at the start of the video. They are like grease crayons. They come in different hardnesses, and are oily. When they are on the foil and you etch it, the oil protects the metal. Then after, the ink only sticks to where the oil was.

[@jjewelart]

I haven't had to make any print run of more than 10, but I have read on different sites that as many as 50 prints can be made from a single plate.

[@noname_atall]

actually you can extract the drawing in a indirect way, if you really need. you can scan the printed paper, softaware treat it intil you have a black and white image(without shades of gray), them you print in an acetate sheet, them you put the acetate sheet over a aluminium foil, and using a clothes iron you heat it transfering the (solid) ink to the aluminium. retoush with a black marker and you are ready to go.

[@jenniferdragonfly3429]

awesome job iv never screen this done before i cant wait to try it thanks a million for posting i look forward to watching more videos from you in the feature

[@unchiekun]

Looks like you spared no expense

[@miner49erpete]

I can see what you are doing and well, in the dark ages ok but we have scanners and printers now. You can copy and print as many as you like and 1000 times faster and cheaper. It is nice to see old skills kept alive though what for exactly in puzzling.

[@jeaniechampagne8831]

I don't have that big roller thiny in my kitchen.... enjoyed the video... you had fun!

[@carmenrigotti2744]

Lamento que não tem legenda em português .Adorei mas como não entendo nada em inglês . Achei muito interessante. Muito obrigada. Sucesso.

[@southernyankee05]

Looks like a pain-in-the-ass to me !!! Would have been easier just to print by hand and copy on a printer.

[@klocker22]

thats what i was thinking, if he drew the dog on the tin foil with a lithography marker why not just draw the dog on the paper with a sharpie. done!

[@RebelTheRealRebel]

because, dudes. :)

[@Mungosforge]

um, a photocopier doesn't make unique images, a print like this is inherently part of a limited set of images, each a bit different. Totally different thing.

[@jabeztomer]

it's traditional printmaking dumbass.

[@debraconway644]

Thanks so much. REALLY EASY. people, you don"t need a Press. Stop with the wise guy comments, Its okay to be happy.

[@louw3414]

Thankyou for posting an accessible form of engraving/ litho printmaking, I'm plannng to try this method very soon using my X cut (die cut machine) as the press. I just need to get some litho crayons first, although I was wondering if any oil based crayons would work, I guess oil pastels would be too soft but think I have some hard pastels somewhere that might be oily. I like experimenting anyway - so always worth a try.

[@me1love2max]

Armour Etching Cream - I would have designed, cut, applied the vinyl to the glass, and then applied and washed off the cream within this same time... Takes less products, costs less and without all of that vinegar it smells so much better too...

[@gaden0114]

I wish to know how you made the drawing on the aluminum foil, please.

[@eCitizen1]

Me too. so confused right now. This process is entirely new to me, and I have no idea what he used to draw with, and more importantly why the vinegar etched the places he drew in.

[@zamnelna]

@@eCitizen1 I think it was the lithography pencils he showed....I assume

[@Lyn4817]

There are several craft die, embossing machines that you may be able to use, that many paper crafters own.

[@jjewelart]

I understand what you're trying to do. I have not tried it myself, or even thought about it, but since you brought it up. I think what went wrong with your experiment is that by painting soda onto the plate, you deal with losing the etching strength from the evaporation. What I suggest would be to use gum arabic as your medium to paint the image with. This will only etch the areas painted, and the rest of the plate in theory should be inked. Let me know what happens. I'll give it a try myself.

[@georgebarlow2933]

Where did the image come from in the first place I must have missed that part duh!

[@CanItAlready]

George Barlow FWIW two years later, he drew it on the foil with a lithographic crayon that he mentioned among the supplies needed.

[@RomeoCologne]

Yeah, actually showing how it's done matters less than the playing with a deck of cards while stuff happens part.

[@deniseduffey22]

Me too x

[@khalidlatif3577]

Same thing he not mention and what type color he used? I agree w u he not reply u even???????

[@jjewelart]

No, only gum arabic. All parts painted with gum arabic will repel the ink once the gum arabic has been removed.Only the non-painted areas retain the ink. Remember, lithography is a relief printing process. So, the gum arabic is only etching the plate that it makes contact with. All other areas should retain the ink, in theory.

[@laconeccionvideo]

the tip is to print more than one, is just like an old copying process :) nice job!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thanks for sharing this cool printing technique!

[@Golddigger911]

Thanks for sharing that with us