Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Andu,
> 
> These sprays can significantly help protect matte prints from damage also.
> However, they do not seal them up well enough to clean them, like taking a
> wet paper towel to the surface.  Also, the sprays do not increase the dmax
> of matte prints.  It takes a heavier coating to do that.  We were getting
> very good dmax increases using wire-wound (Mayer) rods and Hydrocote
> polyurethane on matte papers.   Whether this PremierArt spray scales up
> better than the wire rod remains to be seen.

Thanks Paul, my concern is if spraying the print doesn't affect the texture, feel of it in 
any way. I would imagine a lacquer kind of spray would make the paper slightly shiny 
specially where there is ink on it, hope I'm wrong. I have some experience with both 
oil painting and wood finishing and I was never able to find a protective coating which 
didn't change the surface personality even if little, I'm really found of the texture 
appearance of the prints in their "natural" state to the extent that I would never 
consider putting them under glass, if this spray provides some protection while 
preserving the feel of it I'd be satisfied.

Andu

> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
> <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> > I sprayed a Semigloss test strip with Lyson Print Guard using the same
> > procedure I had used for the PremierArt Print Shield.  The cans, labels,
> and
> > smells of the 2 are virtually identical.  Now that the spray procedures
> have
> > been equalized, I think the results look identical also.  I think they are
> > the same.
> 
> Are these sprays compatible with matte papers as well say, photo rag? 
> 
> Andu