Digital BW, The Print

That brush is great but it is only 2" wide...still tough to coat a large area without brush strokes if your varnish is "soaking into the paper" and quickly drying.  

Silk screen kit is cheap and may be worth the effort if you are doing multiple prints.  However...as I recall....silkscreens generally leave a rather thin coat on the printed surface...

Still Loving the Matte Look, 
Steadman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mwesley250@... 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 11:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Varnishing Prints, Part 3


  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


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