Digital BW, The Print

A number of years ago I had an upscale faux finishing business 
catering to the rich and famous of Beverly Hills and sealing very 
delicately colored faux marble etc. was required.  I primarily used 
archival quality fine art materials for the finishes, but there were 
no really durable clear finishes available.  We tried all the lacquer 
based and water based materials and they all had the potential of 
yellowing.  It seemed that the same material applied on different 
days could yellow differently.  Deft in the spray cans seemed the 
very most reliable, where as Deft in a gallon can would generally 
yellow... different stuff apparently.  The waterbased stuff seemed 
the most variable.  All I want to say is that it all has the 
potential to yellow in a very short period of time.  Professional 
Varithane (mainly available where they rent floor sanders etc. and 
not at most general hardware stores) was also fairly servicable, but 
was still somewhat yellow.

For a while is did some photo based works that I sealed in huge 
quantities of Varithane, which I'd set on fire to dry and amber, that 
came out pretty cool :)

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "kipduff" 
<kip.duff@g...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "kipduff"
> <kip.duff@g...> wrote:
> > Dear Group, Myron, Al, Ken:
> Al: you may be on to something with the waterbase.  I used a fine 
nap
> roller for some Varithane semigloss water base varnish.  I think the
> inkjet photo image surface may be more similar to oil base than 
water
> base varnish "vehicles".  Because of this, the use of water base may
> facilitate the process because it's as though the surface has 
already
> been primed and you don't need so many coats (in other words, it may
> already be somewhat "watertight").  The Varithane is weird- it left
> too much texture and shows a little bit "white opaque" in some 
bumps.
>  The good part is that it stood on the surface rather than soak in 
and
> need multiple coats (also very fast drying).  I am also trying Deft
> Clear Wood Finish (laquer in spray cans from most hardware stores) 
in
> semi and gloss.  This is definitealy petrol base.  It takes many 
coats
> and may be soaking into and thru the inkjet image- a small 
separtaion
> bubble has formed possibly as a result of this (this is also my 
first
> use of Bienfang Colormount).  After 3 coats, I'm still seing some
> paper texture.  The Varithane waterbase would be good except it 
leaves
> excessive texture and some opacity (brushing is worse).  A water 
base
> spray might be the trick.