Digital BW, The Print

I think Johnson's paste wax (floor wax), applied thinly and rubbed
gently with a rag, would not lower Dmax. I've not tried on inkjet
paper but it certainly didn't reduce Dmax of silver paper, a thousand
years ago when I last did it.

Wax in general is shiny (perhaps adding Dmax?) when polished (applied
with a gentle rub), but not shiny when applied without polishing.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Hal Gage
<halgage@a...> wrote:
> Don't know what the original questions was, but I have used artist's 
> wax (low temp wax for encaustic painting) on canvas pieces. The net 
> effect is a "film" appearance over the image leading to a lowered 
> D-Max. The use of wax on a print would most certainly be for surface 
> effect only (with the advantage of pigment protection as a secondary 
> consideration).
> 
> Hal Gage