Digital BW, The Print

Don,
I have a custom made Mayer rod with 20" of the wire area length.  I coat 
with it 13x19 inch
prints with a pretty good results.  I put the print with the long edge 
toward me on the glass
covered with 2 sheets of 16x20 white paper to give something of a 
cushion.  I drag the
rod from the far edge toward the near edge with the steady movement. 
Hydrocote is very
thin, so it doesn't slow you too much.  The length to cover is only 13" 
- not much more than
in case of 8x10.  What I found a MUST is to stick your rod in water 
immediately after coating.
You do not want to have anything dry on it and make the channels uneven.  
It's a messy thing, I agree.  But I like the results ( I use "Clear 
Satin Polyshield" ).
I like the surface of the print after coating.  

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Jack M Kucy
JMK Gallery (www.jmk-gallery.com)
917-991-2096     jmk@...
Member of ASMP (www.asmp.org)
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...a riveder le stelle



donbga wrote:

> Jack,
>
> > That's why the 300 lb PhotoRug printed with MIS UT is what I like,
> and
> > after I coat it with Hydrocote, the air dried Ilford is back.
>
> How large are your prints and how are you Hydrocote-ing your prints?
> Very curious.
>
> BTW, I coat with a Meyers rod but only on 8x10 paper.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don Bryant
>

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