Digital BW, The Print

Carl,
 
Are you spraying directly on the image or "fogging" it? Having had a custom frame shop for many years, when we had to use a spray fixative overcoat, we quickly learned that you do not directly spay on the print, but spray horizontal above the image about a foot or two above the print (e.g. create a fog) that then coats the image. Allow to completely dry, then re-fog again. Two fogging coats were usually enough. You may be concerned that you will be using a lot more spray for each print, but the prints should show no effects of the overcoat, which is the bottom line. Also with fogging, you will need more ventalation.
 
Best regards,

Carl Schofield <scho@...> wrote:
Paul,

I've recently had some problems spraying Epson Premium Semimatte with 
PremierArt PrintShield.  I think it might be partially due to the low 
humidity and low temps around here, but I'm not sure.  Surface coating 
looks reticulated and uneven as if the spray was drying on the surface 
before being absorbed.  I was spraying successive coats across 
horizontally, vertically, and then diagonally in both directions and I 
think this just overloaded the paper.  Usually this procedure works 
fine with Ilford Smooth Pearl, but the semimatte seems to be less 
"absorbent".  Have you had any difficulty getting an even coating on 
semimatte?

Carl

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