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Re: Coating - again...

2003-07-31 by johngeyles

> Call them for pricing. You need a #30 Mayer rod.  to coat a 13 x19  
> piece of paper you will want 14" inch of wire coverage so the final
rod  
> length should probably be about 20 inches.  

Another parameter is rod diameter - thicker will flex less.  The
guy says there's no real downside to higher diameter so I priced the
highest 1/2" thickness.   It was $14 + $5 S&H.  Pretty affordable !

> Remember that you will not  
> be able to coat the entire 13 x19 sheet using a mayer rod...check
the  
> past posts on this...there is waste around the edges that will need
to  
> be trimmed.

Where you tape the paper down, no ?

Thanks for explaning the advantage over RC paper with Krylon.
When/if this Oriental fiber-based glossy paper comes along, will
there still be some advantage to the PUR-onto-matte approach, or
will it effectively become obsolete ? 

Thanks, John

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