Digital BW, The Print

Marin

Were did you get Golden water based acrylic vanishe and how did you 
apply it?

Steve



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" <
mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> Paul,
> 
> I have done a bit of laminating for mundane purposes such as Photo ID badges
> and signs. Basically the Dmax goes up, the photos are very well protected
> and they look like they have been, well, plastic laminated. Not very
> appealing I am afraid.
> 
> If you are interested in this then look to companies that sell products to
> the sign making industry, which is very inkjet oriented. You can get small
> size laminating equipment and supplies from places like Office Max.
> 
> The Golden coatings Robert and I tried were the water based acrylic vanishes
> and so the odor is low and the cure times shorter. Robert and Mark tried the
> Golden solvent base varnishes and found them difficult to work with in part
> due to the long dry time.
> 
> You will never remove a coating from an ink jet print. It will soak into the
> paper. What you can do is create an initial sealer coat over which you apply
> the final varnish. It would be conceivable to remove the upper coats without
> harming the lower ones and then replace the upper ones as is done in
> painting. This is only something that would be done if the upper coating was
> damaged. If this were the case an uncoated print by comparison would be in
> very bad shape.
> 
> I have seen heavily varnished albumen prints from the 1870's and the varnish
> appeared to be in very good condition. The overall effect of the print was
> rather yellow and may in part be the result of the varnish yellowing. None
> of the materials available at that time for varnishing come close to the
> quality of things like the Golden acrylics so keep that in mind.
> 
> My though is that a well varnished inkjet print will most likely out last
> those that are not coated. It is more a question of whether you like the
> effect or not.
> 
> Martin Wesley
> http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html
> 
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