Digital BW, The Print

on 8/7/01 11:00 PM, mwesley250@... wrote:

> After coating 30+ prints I have found that the key to the first coat
> is to apply it very heavily and to keep the entire surface wet until
> it has all been coated. Then go back over the surface with long,
> slow, gentle strokes to remove the excess. Wipe off the brush between
> strokes. This gives a nice first coat and makes the following coats
> easy.


Wow, nice report.

In defense of your technique of above, this is how a very good house painter
taught me how to paint trim. Use a small roller to apply the paint onto the
trim quickly and evenly, then use your fancy Purdy brand brush to pull a
nice grain through the paint, pulling the entire length of the trim in one
stroke for each pass.

Though I haven't really been testing coatings I had revisited EAM with the
Miniwax Polycrylic earlier this evening. I used a 6" sponge roller to apply
the coat thoroughly and evenly, followed by a high density foam brush (from
a good house paint store, the ones from home depot are too porous) to pull
the strokes through. There's some stroke marks, but no dust, and few
bubbles. Next coat I'll try the same but at 90 degrees to the first.

Good to hear about your fine results with the Museo!

Todd