Brayer Tips and Tricks for Gelli Arts® Gel Printing by Marsha Valk 

Ha! Now here’s proof that there’s always something you can learn from a Gelli Arts video! 😘😘😘 Have fun cleaning your brayers 😜

@ rtd1791 And just as bad, so many demos encourage viewers to buy plastic and similar products - Mylar, styrofoam - instead of encouraging them to find ways to non-plastic items.

Thanks so much, Deborah!

Good luck with cleaning the brayer next time, Rose!

I bought a 12 x 12" craft storage box at dollar store. Took lid off . Fill with water and a little dish soap. (Dishwasher soap even better( I toss brayers, stencils, stamps I for east clean up at end of sessions. I let it dehydrate and wipe it out. Paper towels to trash keeps acrylic paint out if the drains

@@avanellehansen4525 perfect!

Hi Linda, It’s hard for me to picture what you’re describing. Does this happen with one brayer or (if you have more than one) all brayers? Could it be that there’s a hair stuck on the brayer? Does cleaning the brayer help?

@ Linda Barnett Those can brayer lines and they tend to happen with brayers with a kind of plastic frame holding the roller, although they can show up with wood handle-metal roller frame models, too. Try making sure you’re not rolling too hard or at an angle so that the frame drags through the paint. If you’re talking about the very faint lines from the edge of the roller, rolling over the lines should blend them into the surrounding paint. (Make sure you have the right amount of paint, too.) Maybe practice doing that until it comes naturally. After a couple of years working with my plate, I rarely see them. If all else fails, there are people who learn to accept them as a quirk of gel printing.

@@63artemisia63 THANKS!!! this is very helpful.

The artist is KOLA.

The basin I used is a small enamel baking tray that I found a couple of years ago at HEMA, which is a Dutch department store. I have a larger one too (from another Dutch store) that I use as a paint palette.

You're welcome!

Hi Susana! Most paper works wonderfully for gel printing. So I'm afraid there's no easy answer... The best paper for you depends for instance on what you want to do with the prints once they're done. I've made a video on the subject a while ago. You can watch it here on the Gelli Arts RU-vid channel: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qCh_l-sUr60.html

@@marshavalk oh thanks Marsha!! Now I know how to do it. Sorry for my English 😉

@@49susa your English is great!

Thanks Pam!