Digital BW, The Print

I use it to minimize the gloss differential of my blond highlights.  


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
"frankbickelmeyer" <bickelmeyer@...> wrote:
>
> So the use of original photosprays to fix the surface is recommended? 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Mark MacKenzie" 
> <mjmackenzie22@> wrote:
> >
> > Ho boy!  From a longevity point of view and from a "probable 
> changes in aging" point of view this is very wrong.  
> > 
> > Hair sprays as a class are "throw away" designs made to achieve 
> some set purpose (no pun intended) at the cheapest production cost.  
> Therefore they will have poor and unpredictable aging 
> characteristics.  The one thing I can guarrantee is that the 
> resulting film will not remain the same for very long perhaps a 
> matter of weeks, but certainly only months depending upon the keeping 
> or exhibiting environment.  Some decades ago, hairspray were 
> experimented with to "fix" sensitive and friable surfaces such as 
> some types of pastel artworks.  Physically a success but they soon 
> aged badly and were ruined.
> > 
> > If you need a cheap test material to judge pre and post surface 
> fixing along the way to developing a final workflow to save on the 
> more expensive materials I see little wrong but not for good prints 
> if you care about their longevity.
> > 
> > My two cents worth as an art conservator involved with digital 
> media.
> > 
> > Mark MacKenzie
> >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   From: frankbickelmeyer 
> >   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> >   Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:53 AM
> >   Subject: [Digital BW] Hairspray as Glossoptimizer
> > 
> > 
> >   Hi,
> >   when printing with the MIS Eboni-ink on Brilliant Museum Silver 
> gloss 
> >   paper i used to get some broncing and gloss differences. I´ve 
> tried a 
> >   simple hairspray to coat the paper and: bingo gloss difference is 
> >   nearly eliminated! Is it a good idea to practise it in this way 
> or do 
> >   you you think it has some negative aspects a lessenening the 
> longlivety?
> > 
> > 
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