Digital BW, The Print

Todd,

Thanks for the sponge roller idea. This will be really critical if 
you need to do large prints, even 11X14, not to mention 24Xwhatever. 
There is no way you could get that first coat on fast enough with a 
brush over a large area.

Steadman mentioned a PolarFlow brush that sounded great but I haven't 
tracked one down yet.

Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> 
wrote:
> on 8/7/01 11:00 PM, mwesley250@e... 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