Digital BW, The Print

Ernst,
Your comments have been very helpful and make sense.. Styrene is also has a 
lower RA value (hardness) so it would be softer.. I would also be concerned 
regarding down the road occasional cleanings.. Windex and similar cleaners 
might harm the surface far more quickly then glass or acrylic.

jimbo
  ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ernst Dinkla" <edinkla@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 6:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Acrylic vs styrene for framing


> On 07/25/2011 12:19 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote:
>> Are they vaporous in any way, with possible effects on traditional
>> photographic or inkjet prints?
>
> Hard to say, depends much on the quality grades I guess. Check the
> polystyrene heatlth aspects on Wiki. It is used for food packaging.
> Styrene does not decompose fast so that is positive. Plasticiser could
> migrate. The other way around; an inkjet print could contain glycols,
> alcohols and glycerine after printing (the outgassing issue) that could
> be more a problem for polystyrene than for glass and acrylic as it is
> not inert to solvents and the fluids mentioned are mild solvents.
>
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