Digital BW, The Print

>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter 
>Marquis-Kyle" <petermk@o...> wrote:
> When I saw Mark Tucker's pictures of his spray booth, I thought 
>of
> masking tape for the same purpose.

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Yes, removeable tape would work. I also thought about having a 
standard mat cut, and then overlaying that over the print before 
spraying, as a mask. YOu would just need to quickly remove the 
mat after the spray. Might be more a problem too if the print/mat 
was hanging vertically.

I sprayed three prints last night and had my best luck ever. I'm 
getting the hang of it. I've found though, best to use a wide fan 
spray adjustment for better evenness. (I'm coating 24x30s). I 
also have switched to the Satin version, rather than gloss. More 
subtle. 

I don't seem to mind the look of just coating the whole print 
though. With the Wingel or Oleopasto, when it was going on 
super-thick, and handdone with a brush, I *did* prefer coating 
only the image; somehow that seemed right. But with the spray, 
it feels right to just spray the whole thing.

Again, I'm doing all this for increased DMAX. Others are doing it 
for protection, so they can frame it without glass. I may still frame 
with glass for display prints. But certainly, for my commercial 
portfolio, which is a box with individual loose prints, the coating 
will protect those prints and give them longer life and less 
scuffing.

MT, http://www.marktucker.com