Digital BW, The Print

Hi Helen,

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "helen_bach2003"
<helenbach@h...> wrote:
> However, I also tried rolling varnish onto those papers. I found 
> that this worked at 9+1 and about the same amount of wetting agent, 
> so that is what I do at the moment. I was concerned that the first 
> coat would smear the ink, but it didn't. For matte papers I just
use 
> a brush.

What type of varnish do you roll on your prints? Is is solvent or
water based? If it's solvent based I just worry about the cleaning up.

About coating matte papers, yes, most of the time you're ok, but all
matte papers are not created equal and some do rub off more easily. As
a rule I always spray on a thin coat and let it dry, then I can
brush or roll stuff on it. The initial spray will protect even the
most sensitive of glossy media, swellable polymer or micro porous
media that tend to blister under solvent spray.

This method appears to work for Joe D. (as posted by
xspamxken.schuster in a later thread). Joe D.'s method definitely
allows him to coat lots more prints at a faster rate. At this point in
my experiments I find the rollers work out much better in terms of
both application and clean up. For solvent based varnish, the spray
can is the way to go. And when applied thinly on top of a water based
isolation coat it increases color saturation tremendously.

--nick