Digital BW, The Print

On 11/15/02 6:58 AM, "Mark Tucker" <mark@...> wrote:

> But my point is: I'm bailing from the whole coating thing, just
> because of the huge amount of post-production that it adds. With
> Wingel, I apply either three or four coats, and so you've got prints
> lying all over the studio, WET, and just asking for some piece of
> dirt to land on it. Not to mention stray brush hairs or a million
> other possible things to land on the surface. In short, it's just out
> of control.

Mark, in a way you have stacked the cards against you...by using an oil
based product that requires 3-4 coats.  The processes/products that Paul and
I are looking at dry quickly and require only one or two coats that only
take a couple of seconds each to apply with a rod.  Yes, we've focused on
trying to get a very uniform surface because we are going for an air-dried
silver print look...but you could use these same products with your
application technique...at the very least they will dry much quicker...but
they may not get you the final look that you want.  It sounds to me that you
do want to be a print maker if you are essentially doing a mono-print on to
of a photograph.  If this isn't what you want...and rather better blacks
with pigmented inks...then our coatings can help you.

Robert