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Re: Varnished Prints

2001-11-19 by Martin Wesley

Don,

I used the Krylon "Crystal Clear"  acrylic spray. Over this I applied 
acrylic Golden Paints medium and then Golden varnish with a brush.

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., the Don <don_eby@y...> 
wrote:
> Martin,
> 
> I was using a spray varnish. That can of varnish has mysterously
> disappeared, and I bought a can of Krylon's Kamar Varnish and 
tested it
> on a couple of prints. it seemed to work how I expected and did not
> react negatively. Is this the Krylon spray you were referring to, or
> was there something else that you were using befor the acrylic 
varnish?
> 
> Don
> 
> --- Martin Wesley wrote:
> > Don,
> > 
> > I have coated a few color prints from an Epson 1270 using the OEM 
dye
> > 
> > inks. I used a waterbased acrylic varnish system by Golden. The 
Epson
> > 
> > dye inks are not water proof and I had to prespray the prints 
with 
> > Krylon spray to fix them prior to applying the varnish.
> > 
> > How were you applying the Damar varnish? Spray or brush or ?
> > 
> > The inks may have reacted to the solvent in the varnish or if the 
> > inks were not completely dry that could cause problems.
> > 
> > Martin
> 
> 
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