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Re: Lascaux Fixative - How to use?

2005-06-17 by john dean

I just used it two minutes ago. It is a no brainer. This is a solvent acrylic spray. 
Just shake the can well, hold it about 8-10" from the surface and give one 
good coat by moving the spray in a wave pattern rather than a straight line 
and overlapping areas sprayed. Then I wait 5 minutes, rotate the print  90 
degrees, and repeat. For the most water resistant protection you might want to 
actually give three coats.  I wear a charcoal filtered mask and goggles. 
Solvents are nasty to the body. This spray offers good protection against 
everything except uv radiation.

John



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Scott McLoughlin <
scott@a...> wrote:
> I bought a few cans of this to try on matte prints.
> 
> Oddly, there's no instructions on the can (just not to breath the stuff 
> or set it
> on fire).  I also Googled looking for some instructions, and found nothing
> specific (just to use it outdoors and that it's seems popular with 
> pastel artists).
> 
> So how should I apply this?  Multiple coats?  How long should it take to
> dry? Any gotchas to worry about?
> 
> If I missed the key URL that has all this info, I apologize in advance.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Scott

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