liquid hard ground for pour on - Johnson flor polish

As hard ground we use an acrylic floor polish. The liquid hard ground is extremely strong, and the plate can be wiped and printed while the hard ground is still on. You can work in the acrylic hard ground in exactly the same way as in the conventional hard ground. But you also have the option of doing washings in the hard ground with a mild solution of ammonia and water. It also complies with another decisive requirement for hard grounds, which is the option of making several etchings and overlapping cross-hatchings without having them ruined in the intersecting lines.

This hard ground dries very quickly and will preserve the particular imprint of the employed drawing utensils, which may range from those leaving only the thinnest lines to the ones biting deeply into the surface.