Digital BW, The Print

Hi Joe,

I have been spraying with Krylon Kamar as well as Flexible Fixatif but spray cans are a pan in the posterior fundament. Both of these will give a pop to dmax but I haven't applied them as more than a very thin coat. I would be very interested in your HVLP spray technique.

Roger

Roger L. Sopher 
rlsopher@... 
http://deCorrales.com 

  -----Original Message-----
  From: davajonj [mailto:davajon@...]
  Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 1:05 PM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Hydrocoating


  As promised, I am reporting on my experience in using hydrocote to coat my 
  prints.  In a former post I explained my technique for coating prints indicating I 
  was having a satisfying degree of success.  I indicated that I was going to 
  experieriment with an HVLP paint gun to see if it would be better and less 
  involved.  I have now coated a number of prints using my HVLP gun and I am 
  astonished at how much easier it is to coat prints and, more importantly, how 
  much better the prints are coated.  With the HVLP the coat is much thicker--
  perhaps twice as thick--and the finished product is gorgeous!  (If I can use that 
  adjective.)  It is difficult to put into words that will convey the look of the 
  sprayed print but it looks like it has much more depth and I don't mean 
  thickness.  It IS thicker but also the photographs take on a look of greater 
  depth and impact.  The dmax is also increased with of course is an added 
  benefit.  I can't imagine going back to the meyer rod which works o.k. but is 
  much touchier to get a perfect finish.  Nor can I imagine using Lustre or Glossy 
  paper although I know you might like those papers. If anyone is interested in 
  knowing my exact procedure with the HVLP, I'll be happy to detail it.  My wish 
  is to help other photographers benefit from my observations.  It must be 
  mentioned, that I'm just another guy trying to create images that please and 
  my findings and observations are just mine, that's all.  Mr. Roark, if you ask, I'd 
  be delighted to send you a print or two coated with the HVLP which you can 
  scrap after you look at them and comment on the procedure for the rest of us.  
  Joe 


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