Digital BW, The Print

"ElEstudio" <elestudio@...> wrote:
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> I'm on a similar quest as you are, though I'm more focused on a layer for the arches paper after printing and washing. I've been playing around with gelatin (pure grenetin), ...

I was into post-printing coatings on matte paper for a while.  The "Hydrocote" water-based polyurethane seemed interesting.  I actually hit a 2.5 dmax with an Arches test strip that was coated with this.  I was never able to scale it up with the smoothness I like, however.  I concluded a spray booth and more hardware than I was interested in was going to be needed.  

>... the logic of the silver-gelatin days (aka darkroom) 
> tells me there's no reason why it shouldn't work. 

I hope it works out. 

>... all this renaissance-like-lab mixing of things!!!

Someone might just stumble onto something really nice.  One never knows without trying.  I obviously think it's a good thing.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com