Digital BW, The Print

Hi Joost

I've an unframed exhibition showing at a local photographic museum at the
moment.  I used Innova Soft Texture as I like the surface finish.  I nearly
used Photorag.  The prints are all mounted on 5mm foamcore with 3M
Photomount.  It has been hanging for a month already and apart from some
problems with movement of the paper caused by the conditions
(temperature/humidity) in the museum compared to when the prints were
mounted all is fine.  Certainly there is no damage to the surface in any
way.  The exhibition is entirely unsupervised so I was a bit concerned when
I was planning it however the prints seem to be tougher than I perhaps gave
them credit for.

If you want to coat your prints then I suggest you use something like
Breathing Color Glamour II Veneer which is available in a matte finish.  It
is available here in the UK from a company called Paper&Canvas
(http://www.breathingcoloruk.com) so you don't have to import it from the
US.  I have also tried the sprays available from Hahnemuhle and others but
have been less impressed with their ability to resist abrasion.

David Whistance

  -----Original Message-----
  From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Joost
Horsten
  Sent: 14 October 2008 09:12
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] protecting unframed photos


  In a few months I have an exhibition that would benefit from
  displaying the photos unframed. I plan to stick the photos on
  foamboard or plywood. But there's no way that my favorite Photorag
  will survive the several weeks of the exhibition if left totally
  unprotected. So either I need to apply some kind of coating or I need
  to divert to another paper.

  So my questions are:

  1) Any chance a coating would suffice? And if so, would would work?
  What I have at hand is acrylic paint base (tough, waterproof and
  archival) including a means to apply an acrylic matte surface
  coating. But I'm happy to invest in something that's better suited.

  2) What matte paper would be tough enough to decently survive and
  still good enough for fine art? I'm willing to accept if I can't use
  fibre based paper and have to use some kind of synthetic/RC paper.
  But it should be matte.

  Thanks,

  Joost



  


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