Digital BW, The Print

At 06:45 PM 12/31/03 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Recently I visited a photographer who is quite successful selling very 
>large LightJet
>prints of his work.  He frames them without glass and protects their 
>surfaces by
>rubbing on a layer of Renaissance Wax with a cloth.  The wax appeared to 
>me to be
>invisible once rubbed on.  I am exploring options for glassless framing 
>and find this
>one potentially very interesting.  Has anyone else used this product, 
>especially with
>other papers such as Epson Premium Luster?  I would guess that this wax 
>wouldn't
>work with cotton fine art papers, but how about canvas?
>
>Renaissance Wax is available from Light Impressions.  They say the 
>following about
>it:    "... it also works great for black and white photo prints on 
>fiber-based
>photographic paper.  It's acid-free, does not discolor material, and 
>leaves a lustrous,
>moisture-proof finish..."
>
>Tom Andrews
>http://www.wildlandart.com

Tom,
I used Johnson's paste wax on semigloss paper with promising results. Pig 
inks must be sprayed first.  There is a definite dmax improvement. I 
couldn't entirely eliminate lap marks but may find there is a trick to it. 
I used cotton cloth but will try a sheepskin buffer.  The surface look is 
very close to air-dried silver.  One shortcoming may be that the print has 
to be trimmed out.  The wax is noticeable in the white rebate.  Most paste 
waxes are a blend of carnuba and bees wax.  I'm going to try Ren. wax and 
see how it compares to Johnson's.

AZ


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