Digital BW, The Print

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From: "Moreno Polloni" <mp@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Coating prints with Epoxy?


> > I tried a number of things and my first choice would be the Golden
acrylic
> > varnishes. Check the Files section. Although with this stuff you could
> print
> > on your patio and walk on it! Seriously though I would be very surprised
> if
> > this stuff did not turn yellow on your prints within a few month like
the
> > polyurethane coatings did on my prints.
>
> Did you use an oil-based or water-based poly? My understanding is that the
> water-based finishes show only minimal yellowing.

Moreno,

Water-based and I had the same thought you did. There have been some
advances in urethanes but they did indeed yellow while spending most of
their time in a box. I suspect that the coatings on these white papers will
show even the slightest yellowing.

Martin