Digital BW, The Print

Tom 

Thanks a lot.  I have not yet received my Renaissance Wax (prior to finding
out that it is actually made in England I ordered it in the US and it will
arrive via a friend next week).  I have been spraying my prints with Lyson
Print Guard (probably the same thing as the Premier Art product) essentially
to fix the Eboni and other MIS inks to the RC paper.  I am a real novice
when it comes to framing. To date I have relied on my local framer and given
him prints on HPR which I believe he then simply hinges to archival matt
board (the same matt board used for the front matt.  I can see from the
price list of my local digital lab that they can mount to thick card, 5mm
foam, 10mm foam, 3mm foamex etc.  I am not familiar with foamex.  If a print
is dry mounted to these materials is it considered archival?  (Also I have
to wait until Monday to confirm that their mounting is ³dry mounting².)  I
assume the thicker mounting makes it sturdier in a prefabricated frame.  BTW
does your friend still place a matt in front of the image (without the
glass)?

Regards

Steve

From: "Tom Andrews" <tandrews@...>
Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 15:31:35 -0000
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: RC Paper, Sprayed and Waxed Prints

Hi Steve,

I got the idea for waxing Epson 10000 pigment prints on Epson Premium
Luster (an RC) paper from a friend of mine who successfully creates and
sells 
large (40x50s etc) Lightjet prints that he drymounts, waxes with Renaissance
wax (obtained from Light Impressions), and frames and displays without
glass.  I think pigment ink on Luster probably has a somewhat more fragile
surface than Lightjet prints.  I haven't as yet displayed my waxed prints
publicly.  However, it is a very nice finish - fairly tough, very water
resistant, 
easy to clean, and almost invisible.  Probably fine for glassless framing.

Yes, you would want to do the drymounting before waxing.  If you are
framing without glass, you probably will want to mount the print on
something sturdier than matt board, something like gatorfoam or dibond.  I
also found that a few coats of Premier Art Print Shield spray made the
surface 
tough enough to prevent scuffing during the wax application and buffing and
made it easier to apply the wax .

Tom Andrews
http://www.wildlandart.com





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