Digital BW, The Print

Tom,

Were you able to get the lap marks out using wax?  Try as I might they 
wouldn't completely go away for me. It would be a pain to wax large prints. 
BTW pig inks on RC paper have to be sprayed first.  Waxing matte paper 
doesn't do much for it.

AZ

At 04:46 PM 1/14/04 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I just tried out some Renaissance wax as a final coat on Epson Premium Luster
>paper.  It seems to work really well, giving an almost invisible finish to 
>the print.  I
>rubbed it on the print with a cotton cloth and then buffed lightly with 
>another.  Dries
>very fast and becomes quite hard - won't show finger prints.  I also tried 
>putting it on
>after spraying the print with Premium Art Print Shield and it goes on even 
>easier and
>smoother.  I am planning to try out this combination on large 32x40 and 
>40x50 prints
>mounted on gatorfoam or dibond and framed without glass.  I'm still a 
>little worried
>about how durable this combo will be and about how it will affect the 
>longevity of my
>pigment ink (10K) prints.
>
>However, the blurb from Renaissance (sold by Light Impressions for 
>$19.95/8oz)
>says that it is acid-free, developed for preservation use, and used by 
>museums on
>the surface of fiber-based silver photographic prints.  I also tried it on 
>Photorag for
>the hell of it - turns the image to soft mush.  I'm hoping that this is 
>the solution to
>my quest for glassless framing.  If not I may use another spray such as 
>Liquetex.
>What I like about the Print Shield/Wax combo is that it gives a surface 
>that is
>relatively indistinguishable from the untreated print.
>
>I haven't tried it on Epson Premium Semimatte yet.  I just ordered a roll 
>and printed
>on it for the first time using my custom profile for Luster and can't 
>easily tell the
>difference between it and Luster, except the semimatte is very smooth and the
>Luster has a very fine pebbly texture when viewed in certain light.  I 
>wish it came in
>sheets as well as rolls.  Cheers,
>
>Tom Andrews
>http://www.wildlandart.com


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