I have a small studio, don't have an aquatint booth. in order to make an aquatint like appearance with a tremendous amount of control that spray-paint may not have for some, what I do is:
1. Cut some fine and medium grit sand paper in 3/8" wide strips (you can move around your already line etched and grounded zinc/copper plates)
2. Hold the thin strip down on the ground area you want to "aquatint" (grit down) with your thumb and forefinger.
3. Rub the back of the sandpaper with an old paint brush, pen or wooden spoon handle between your two fingers. You can work really fine areas and if you "over" rub it, brush on a little more liquid ground and when it dries, rub again.
All the "aquatint" in this zinc etching, titled, "New England Winter" was done this way.
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