Digital BW, The Print

>....  Many seem to recommend that a water-borne acrylic be coated
>with a solvent-based polymer to seal it and reduce the "tackiness" of the
>surface.  My hope with the PUR is to get a single-step coating procedure
>that is tough enough to withstand some abuse.
>
>
>Paul
>http://www.PaulRoark.com
>
>


Paul,

I had some early problems with "tackiness" when shooting acrylic 
coatings on photographs...however, I talked with the chemist of the 
supplier I use

http://www.novacolorpaint.com/

and they eventually developed a hard surface acrylic varnish with no 
tacky feel.  The reason they had tacky versions was that a lot of it 
was used in coating painted murals on sides of buildings and it was 
more flexible.

#216 is a hard surface semi gloss varnish....add #206 to it until you 
get the gloss you want....All pure acrylic...

Bill Agee
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bill agee studio
capistrano beach, ca / laguna beach, ca

http://www.redsilver.com