Digital BW, The Print

Very technique dependent, like a varnish brush.  Your hardwood floor hides
brush or pad strokes well because of the grain...you have no such luxury
with a print on paper.  If you have really good brush technique you can get
passable prints...but its a lot of work.  In contrast Mayer rod coating,
while requiring the investment for a rod, and of course a coating formulated
for the rod, is much faster and easier.

Robert

On 9/23/02 12:21 PM, "Bernie Epstein" <bepstein@...> wrote:

> Robert Morrison wrote:
> 
>> That's exactly what it is...in fact it is the devise that is used to
> make
>> most of our inkjet coated papers.  Rod coating is one of the most
> common
>> techniques (along with the air knife) for production coating.  The key
> with
>> a Mayer rod is to select the correct one for the viscosity and desired
> film
>> thickness of the final coating...that's what I've done...its a lot of
>> work...but the final results are worth it.
> 
> Robert, et al.:
> 
> I have been following the current (and past) threads on this topic with
> interest to see how it all shakes out, and have yet another suggestion.
> I just had my living-room floor sanded and stained and noticed that the
> final poly coat was applied with a mop with a flat foam applicator, of
> all things. Fast for the contractor and I was surprised to see a very
> even coat with no clue of the application method, as would probably be
> evident if he used a brush. I would think it should put down a
> reasonably even coat on a print, assuming you controlled the pressure
> during application. Anyway, you guys have tried everything else, why not
> this? No special (read expensive) rollers required, just an inexpensive
> mop end--which you could just discard after each use without cleanup
> (assuming that you do several prints per coating session to make it
> worthwhile).
> 
> Bernie
> 
> 
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