Digital BW, The Print

Ukko:
Thanks for the reply!  How many coats does it take?  The EEM seems to
drink endlessly.  I'll try it- too late today.  How do you mount them
(I assume they're mounted)?  I was thinking of using my Seal dry mount
press- does the varnish affect the mounting?

Kip. 




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ukko Heikkinen"
<ukko.heikkinen@p...> wrote:
> Hello Kipduff
> 
> I have varnished my 2100 EEM and Hawk Mountian Merlin Photo prints with
> ordinary "indoor" acrylic varnish with "enhanced UV protection". It is
> intended for indoor walls, furniture etc., colorless, glossy,
semimatte or
> matte, does not turn yellow in the course of timne, can be applied on
> pigment prints with a brush and then smoothed and evened with a foam
plastic
> roller, available at every hardware store, cheap.
> 
> These prints are the nearest to your "dried on a ferotype (gloss): deep
> silver 3D look", for which I also strive for, that I have been able
to make,
> and very near at that.
> 
> The varnish deepens the blacks considerably, so much, as a matter of
fact,
> that if I'd want to varnish my 2400 matte prints I should make them
somewaht
> lighter and less contrasty. On the other hand, the 2400 "Warm" prints on
> fine matte papers look so great, "platinutm", without varnish that I
think
> I'll skip that in the future.
> 
> The trade name of the varnish is "Natura". (BTW, I have tried also
Golden
> varnish, but Natura is better). Here is the home page of the
manufafacturer:
> 
> http://www.teknos.com/group_eng/
> 
> Undoubtedly you shoud be able to find something similar in your local
> harware store.
> 
> And yes, "gloss inkjet media looks horible"
> 
> Ukko Heikkinen.