Digital BW, The Print

Well, they used to have to blow through an atomizer. You can do the same thing : ) How retro is that.

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On 3/15/08 at 9:14 PM Richard Smallfield wrote:

>Hi,
>today a friend mentioned that she knew an artist that used hairspray as a
>fixative for pastels and charcoal drawings, which brought to mind recent
>discussions of hairspray.
>
>If artists are doing it, maybe it's an old practice and maybe there is
>some knowledge about its long term implications. 
>
>Obviously print longevity was never a factor in formulating these sprays:)
>
>So I'm wondering if anyone knows of old twenty or thirty year old prints
>of any kind, that had had the hairspray fixative method of print
>protection. (Optimising gloss would not have been a factor back then, but
>maybe protection??)
>
>I've just discovered that with Lyson Print Guard on Eterna Excell or Moab
>Colorado Gloss I can get fantastic results - virtually no gloss
>differential with sufficient spraying (two coats minimum).
>
>But these solvent sprays are pretty toxic and I don't like the idea of
>cans rusting away in the landfill in a few years and releasing their brew
>into the ground water ... so I wonder if maybe a coat of print guard to
>seal the print and then some hair spray might be a compromise. 
>
>Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
>Richard
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