These surfaces rapidly absorb the polish, while the oil in the dabber allows it to pass over without clinging.
If there should be some uneven, clotted, or rough parts observable, a small ball or dabber made in the same way as the preceding, but used with spirit and oil instead of varnish, will work these down to a proper condition.
Then try it by bringing down the dabber upon a clean sheet of paper with a smart blow.
If the colour comes away evenly you are ready to begin upon the leaves; if not, work away with the dabber on the foolscap till you get better results.
A silk dabberis more desirable and there is no better material for the purpose than an old handkerchief or any soft piece of silk that has been frequently washed.
Always have the dabber ready so that there will be no time lost after the color is applied.
Singe all lint off of the dabber with a lighted match.
Moisten thedabber lightly with oil before proceeding with the work.
Then take up the ink from the ink-slab with the dabber and spread it all over the surface, moving the dabber along with a rocking motion, but not striking the plate with it.
When it is not available the dabber must be employed in the old manner.
If it should have cooled too much, before the distribution is accomplished to your satisfaction, in which case the dabber will draw threads, heat the plate gently.
Finally, when the dabber is thoroughly impregnated with the ground, carry it cautiously and little by little over the part in question, dabbing continually.
After the dabber has been used for some time, and the ink has hardened in it, cut off another slice so as to get a fresh surface.
Some engravers prefer thedabber to the roller even for regrounding entire plates.
The plate to be regrounded must of course be warmed as for laying a ground with the roller, and care must be taken not to have the dabber overcharged with ground.
The dabber not only equalizes the distribution of the varnish, but also removes what is superfluous.
The dabber is a ball of raw cotton tied in a piece of fine cotton-cloth, and the manner of tinting or grounding is exactly the same as in china-painting; lac-varnish will be needed as a wash after the painting has dried.
Begin again by laying on flat washes of paint to match the prevailing colors of the copy, and use the dabber in tinting each color as it is applied, so the surface may be even and uniform.
To remove any superfluous colour, a dabber is used.
The sky and all large surfaces must be put in as evenly as you can with the brush, and then you must go all over them with a fine dabber till you have got them perfectly even.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dabber" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
