The weathering with India ink and Alcohol is complete. I forgot to take in process pictures but have the end result below. I traditionally use India and DI water but always had to contend with mortar smearing across the brick face and the subsequent cleanup. This time I tried India ink and alcohol hoping to eliminate the smearing. That did not happen but the smearing was a lot less than that with water. Light clean up with a damp cosmetic sponge was all that was needed.
I need to contact the customer about more weathering before I proceed. If so the next step is a medium gray powder I bought from a retail store no longer in business. This powder was the concoction of the owner of the store. Unlike other powders it has a dulling effect rather than a streaking effect though if laid on heavy it acts like other weathering powders.
Joe
