Digital BW, The Print

Arlene, I've always used Kamar for prints made with
Pigment inks.  No real need for UV protection, and I
can control the amount of gloss with multiple coats,
and best of all it's only 4.97/spray can vs. $10-20
for most of the stuff I've seen.

-kris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ArleneLoveL@... [mailto:ArleneLoveL@...] 
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 1:05 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: coating prints
> 
> I've just tried the Krylon UV resistant acrylic spray on HPR 
> and the results are a gritty surface. Unacceptable. The 
> Krylon Kamar gives a gloss surfrace after repeated coats. 
> With no D-max measuring device, I'd say that by eye, it seems 
> to gives deeper richness to the blacks. Except when the light 
> hits it a certain way, the coating seems to exaggerate the 
> texture of the paper and the gloss.  I've tried brushing 
> liquitex Soluvar acrylic varnish  and heated beeswax.  I 
> still prefer the "naked" print - using UT7 or the MIS 
> quad inks on HPR.    I've tried the same print on EEM, on 
> Epson Ultrasmooth, 
> Somerset Velvet, Torchon.  GE comes closest, but none of them 
> come up to HPR in depth  and a certain "glow. "  Haven't 
> tried hairspray yet.
>                          Good wishes,        
>                                  Arlene
> 
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