Digital BW, The Print

Nick,

Interesting to hear your feedback.

I got the yellowed print yesterday and it is pretty strange.

Observations:

8 1/2 x 11 inch page image 5x7 centered in the page.

The paper had yellowed only on the image side, not on the back.

The paper was yellow over the entire surface but not evenly. There were 
patches of white area running vertically down the page near the edge. 
It looked like things I have seen where a highly acidic paper had been 
lain on another page over time.

This leads me to think that it is neither the spray nor the varnish, 
which were both applied very evenly. It seems more likely to me that 
the problem lies in the coating or storage of the paper. I have all of 
my paper in the box it came in from Ink Jet Art.

The print in question is one of the last ones I did last fall and I 
looked back through my stacks of images for the last several months and 
did not see any of this effect.

Finally, it has only happened on the letter size images, not other 
sizes. I think I got a badly coated few sheets in a box.


Other thoughts:

Since you have moved on to Golden Varnish, perhaps you could lend me 
the benefit of your experience in finding my own way.

Issues I have found with the Liquitex combination:

The Speedball brayer (black rubber) leaves little black particles which 
look like tiny hairs in the varnish
- I have started using small foam paint rollers.

The varnish dries so fast that you can't fix problems like debris or 
slight variations in finish.

No matter the dilution I end up with bubbles that create problems once 
in a while

I really like the look of the rolled on finish versus brushed on.