Used rollers for lithography
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Just send us an e-mail with information about the rollers you like to buy. 4 May 2013
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description: leather roller #03, diam. 10 cm, length 35cm

price: 50 Euro

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description: leather roller #06, diam. 10 cm, length 36 cm

price: 50 Euro

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description: leather roller #09, diam. 10 cm, length 35cm

price: 50 Euro

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description: leather roller #10, diam. 10 cm, length 34 cm

price: 50 Euro

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description: leather roller #17, diam. 10 cm, length 28cm

price: 50 Euro

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description: leather roller #21, diam. 10 cm, length 35 cm

price: 50 Euro

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description: leather roller #22, diam 10cm, length 30cm

price: 50 Euro

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description: rubber roller #25, diam 13cm, length 70cm. Hardness rubber 25 Shore. Surface in good shape. Weight 8 kg

price: 200 Euro

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description: aluminium core of roller, #26, diam 9cm, length 60cm

price: 20 Euro

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description: leather roller, perfect quality (seam unvisible). Recently still used. Black ink on roller did not dry out yet, roller is packed in plastic to prevent drying out. Roller #29, diameter 10 cm, length 45 cm

price: 225 Euro

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description: leather roller, Roller #31, diameter 10cm length 35 cm. Excellent quality, seam perfectly done. Weight 2.1 kg

price: 225 Euro

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description: rubber, hardness 55 degr. Shore. Roller #32, diameter 10cm length 35 cm. Excellent quality, weight 2.75 kg.

price: 150 Euro

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description: leather roller, Roller #33, diameter 10cm length 35 cm weight 2.1 kg. Roller still wet from recent printing. Seam damaged in one place.

price: 100 Euro

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description: leather roller, Roller #34, diameter 10cm length 35 cm weight 2.1 kg. Excellent surface, seam perfectly done.

price: 200 Euro

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description: rubber roller, roller #35, wooden core, felt under rubber. Probably French manufacture. Hardness 50 degrees Shore. Weight 2.3 kg. Diameter 10 cm, length 35 cm

price: 150 Euro

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description: leather roller, roller #36, wooden core, felt under leather. Weight 2.1 kg. Diameter 10 cm, length 35 cm

price: 150 Euro

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description: rubber roller, roller #37, wooden core, felt under leather. Weight 2.1 kg. Diameter 10 cm, length 35 cm. "craquelé" is not rubber, but layer of ink on the roller.

price: 100 Euro

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Reconditioning Old Leather Rollers (from Tamarind Book of Lithography)

Dry and hardened ink films found on rollers that have been improperly used can be removed only with solvents and "elbow grease". Either kerosine or lithotine maybe used for this purpose. Because of its oily content, kerosine will soften the leather while cleaning off the old ink. The roller must be well scraped (see picture) after completion of this task; if it is not, the oily content of the kerosine will conteminate the printing ink and cause greasy proofs. If lithotine is used , on the other hand, the roller must be inked immediately afterwards, otherwise this solvent will dry the leather. Stubbord clots of dried ink must be well soaked with a stronger solvent, such as paint remover. A suede brush can be used for dislodging these dried ink particles, table salt is a good abrasive agent for roughening the dry matted leather. The leather rollers here above do hardly have any ink on them. The leather is made "alive" again by rubbing it in with neat's foot oil (koepoot olie). This is the natural oil for making leather souple.