Digital BW, The Print

I have used a little of the Eco Print Shield.  It is similar to the
water-based coatings we were using a couple years ago, including the Golden
product.  As with them, for the home or individual user, one question is how
best to apply the rather viscous material.  I found the Mayer rod worked
well at 8x10, but I didn't have much luck scaling it up.

Some seem to have luck with airbrushes.  The large HVLP sprayers seem to do
well, but they are a bit overkill for most of us.  Some also have good
results with rollers.

I abandoned the water-borne coatings for other reasons also.  Most if not
all never totally lost their tendency to adhere to the back of other prints.
I don't know if the Eco Print Shield also suffers from this.

It deserves further testing, and some time I hope to get back to it.  I
think if the application were convenient and it dried thoroughly, it might
give better protection to a print than the solvent based versions.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Terry
> Ritz
> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:29 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] ECO Print Shield (was Lascaux Fixativ)
> 
> 
> Paul Roark wrote:
> 
> > Lascaux Fixativ is like PremierArt Print Shield, except it
> > does not reduce the dmax of matte papers significantly --
> > which Print Shield does.  So, I use Print Shield on glossy
> > papers (where it increases dmax) and Lascaux on matte papers.
> 
> Thanks Paul. I appreciate the information.
> 
> I've just run across ECO Print Shield from PremierArt. This looks like a
> varnish-style coating, perhaps similar to Golden's varnish. Has anyone
> tried
> this product?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Terry.
> 
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