Digital BW, The Print

In general the one way you can get something  similar to air dried silver is
to coat the print. There was a big thread on this on the Piezo3000 list and
some here. I put my coating/varnishing trials in the files section. Lot of
work has already been done on this by several people. Doesn't seem to catch
on but it might be for you. Try the Golden Acrylic Varnish system.

Martin Wesley


----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Zinn" <AZinn@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Any paper that looks like good fiber-based
traditional stuff?


> At 02:53 PM 3/7/2002 -0000, you wrote:
> >The trick is to
> >> wipe it on so you don't get lap marks.
> >
> >I've never tried this but an idea came to mind - if you run a bead of
> >your wax just outside the picture area on one of the dimensions, then
> >use a squeegee like you would for removing excess water after a
> >regular silver print has washed, to spread the wax evenly across the
> >face ? Maybe that'd give you an even spread ?
> >
> >But I'm curious, doesn't the wax leave a powdery residue when it
> >dries or feel sticky to the touch ? Seems like it may degrade rather
> >than enhance a print ? No ? Just a question really.
> >frank
> >
> >
>
> Frank,
>
> You are thinking of liquid car wax. I used Minwax paste (Johnson's is the
> same) It is plain old carnuba/beeswax in a paint thinner solvent. I think
> the trick will be in the final buff - sheepskin? One reason real photo
paper
> looks so nice, as you probably know, is the gelatin surface. The wax puts
a
> layer that has just enough depth to mimic the gel.  I don't know how to
get
> the subtle texture of air dried gelatin. Some genius will need to figure
out
> how to spray coat with real gelatin. J E L L O!
>
> AZ
> Maker of Lookaround panoramic camera.
>
> www.geocities.com/soho/gallery/8874/
>          or
> keyword.com lookaround
>
>
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