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Re: no glass vs. glass vs. plexi: which shows carbon print at its best?

2010-08-29 by Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...> wrote:

> I'm not sure the UV absorption is that important for the carbon you're using.  I'm sure you're following the Aardenburg tests.  The fade rate of the carbon is so low I would not worry about it.

That's pretty much what I suspected - and - the comment I hoped to hear! Thanks very much. In one of Mark's pdfs he mentions using "ordinary glass picture frame glazing" and that it simulates "standard acrylic glazing" - these terms imply to me these materials have no UV filtering.

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