Digital BW, The Print

Seth, it's certainly "doable." But yes, the drying time is extended.
MY question is, does it help or perhaps hurt the inkjet print in near
or long term?

Renaissance promo suggests traditional waxes may hurt whatever they're
applied to (not just photos) by interacting chemically in a way that
their supremely wonderful miracle mystery wax does not. I wonder if
there's some truth to that.

The silver print is/was only "sealed" with jello, literal ground up
cattle hoofs. Not an impervious seal at all. Epson's encapsulated
pigments are sealed with something probably FAR more effective than
jello. On the other hand, inkjet's PAPER may be hurt in some way by a
particular wax, and non-encapsulated dyes/inks may dissolve or interact.

Some of us used floor wax (carnuba?) on some prints in decades past
...my examples are still in perfect shape today ...that MAY suggest
that the same wax would be a good gamble with Epson pigments or even
the more soluble dyes and inks. 

It'd be easy for someone with the skills to observe very short-term
effects of various waxes on Epson OEM pigment, various inks, dyes, and
papers microscopically....are they being dissolved or otherwise
attacked by the waxes?

My thinking about wax Vs spray has to do with the fact that wax is not
noxious and is less tricky to apply. It MAY also be more effective
archivally (or less)...museums might already prefer it. Do we have any
museum curators here? My sister used to do photo curatorial work in a
couple of museums, maybe she can contribute some connections. 





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Seth"
<seth@m...> wrote:
>  But, that's a totally different animal.  The silver print was
sealed, if
> you will, not an ink that can bleed.
> 
> 
> Even if it is doable, it seems a very extended drying time is in order
> before doing any coating that way.
> 
> Seth
> 
> ==-----Original Message-----
> ==From: Djon [mailto:westsidemaurice@y...] 
> ==
> =
> ==My main question is, does Renaissance or some other wax help 
> ==or hurt inkjet prints? Paste wax worked fine with my own old 
> ==fiber based silver prints.
> 
> ==
> ==
> ==