Digital BW, The Print

Many thanks to Stanley, Paul, and Phil for all of the leads and info on 
this coating process.  I just tried the "faux meyer rod" technique with 
a Stanley screen door spring (1/2" OD, about 12" long,zinc coated) and 
some Zar water based poly (not up to specs, but all I could find at the 
local hardware store).  I didn't use a dowel because the spring is 
quite stiff and didn't flex at all when pulling the poly over the 
print.  For the trials I used small UC matte black prints on 8.5x11 
inch 190gsm Eclipse Satine BW, taped to a sheet of glass, with copy 
paper backing as recommended by Paul.  First trial I didn't apply 
enough poly (used about 8cc) and the bead (puddle) was a little skimpy 
at the ends so by the time I reached the bottom of the print I ran out 
of poly and the bottom corners didn't get coated.  Second trial I used 
about 12cc of poly and was more careful laying out the bead across the 
top of the print and got a perfect coat.  I was absolutely stunned by 
the beauty of the surface and depth of the blacks - looks exactly like 
some of my old air dried silver prints on Oriental Seagull.

If you haven't already found it, the McMaster-Carr catalog is online, 
including all of the springs that Phil showed from his catalog:
http://www.mcmaster.com/

Carl
  On Sunday, December 8, 2002, at 12:15  PM, Shire,Stanley wrote:

> Phil:
> Thanks for the spring ref. Looks like the stainless steel would be the
> answer. I'm on it. More tests with various wire diameters to come.
>
> Stan Shire
> Associate Professor/Department Chair
> Photographic Imaging
> Community College of Philadelphia
> Adobe Photoshop 6 A.C.E.
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> sshire@...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Morse [mailto:pmorse@...]
> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 11:53 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Mayer Rod Substitute...the saga and workflow
>
> Stan,
>
> Go to http://www.pbase.com/image/8549120 for a lead on the springs.
> These are from a very old McMasters but will probably be the OK.
>
> Phil Morse
>
> "Shire,Stanley" wrote:
>>
>> Carl:
>> Thanks for the chart. As soon as I locate a catalog for screen door
>> springs we can perhaps use it to get some equivalency chart between
> the
>> mayer rods and the springs.
>>
>> Stan Shire
>> Associate Professor/Department Chair
>> Photographic Imaging
>> Community College of Philadelphia
>> Adobe Photoshop 6 A.C.E.
>> Author: Hands On Photoshop 7: Tutorial Workshops
>>
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