Digital BW, The Print

Good Morning Steadman,

While all of the color prints we sell are coated, it is not for U.V.
protection. When we started doing/having this done years ago, the
manufacturer claimed U V protection. Years later they retracted or at least
did not make those claims any more. I recommend people not use glass on most
of the color portraits we sell. Of course we tell people that we guarantee
our prints.........had to replace one because of a child poking a ball point
pen on it, so glass has it's place. Now B&W silver prints are a different
story if extensive retouching has been done. On inkjet prints,  I definitely
feel they need protection of some sort, I agree with you that glass is
probably the best. As you recall, I have had very, very bad things happen
with prints other than color that have been sprayed.

Regards,

John in Okc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steadman Uhlich" <steadmanuhlich@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Glass vs. Coating


: Yeah...I have an opinion on this very subject....
:
: I think the coating idea is a good one for certain effect and certain
needs.
:
: However, I believe (and it is a gut feeling) that it would be better to
put most Piezo prints behind UV blocking glass.  I checked tonight and the
manufacturer of my glass states 97% UV rays blocked.  I bet that is better
than a typical home sprayed on misting of a polymer that has "some" UV
agents in it.
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