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Renaissance Wax and inkjet?

2005-03-10 by Djon

I've read comments on a large format forum about use of Renaissance
Wax, a synthetic mystery wax that was allegedly developed by "The
British Museum" and used on fine prints, paintings, and photographic
prints (as well as furniture and geegaws) for conservation purposes.

Anybody experienced with this stuff?

Renaissance Wax promo says natural waxes interact with something,
perhaps atmosphere or the artwork, to create acids...not good presumably.

I wonder about acrylic floor wax. The stuff's bullet proof and
non-yellowing.

The nice thing about wax is that you can apply with a clean rag and
you don't have to spray. This used to be done in some museum
situations with B&W prints...they rubbed on Johnson's Paste Wax, so I
did it too, and my 30-yr-old prints look unchanged (but they're
dark-stored and the unwaxed prints look just as good)...maybe there's
something better now.

Thoughts?

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