Digital BW, The Print

Hi,
I was framing some prints yesterday and the glass had been sitting around for a while and wasn't too clean - so I sprayed what in the USA is called Windex and over here is called Mr Muscle Glass Cleaner - which did the job.

But then I wondered, could any outgassing from this product affect print life once the print is framed?

thanks,
Richard
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Yes it can. Many glass cleaners have ammonia in them and you should at 
least wait before closing up valuable art in a frame with it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Smallfield"

Hi,
I was framing some prints yesterday and the glass had been sitting 
around for a while and wasn't too clean - so I sprayed what in the USA 
is called Windex and over here is called Mr Muscle Glass Cleaner - which 
did the job.

But then I wondered, could any outgassing from this product affect print 
life once the print is framed?

Ammonia is a harmful chemical. Picture Framers never use any ammonia 
based cleaners on glass or acrylic. Our favorite glass cleaner is 
Sprayway glass cleaner. It comes out as foam and we have fewer issues 
with streaking. It is available at Wal-Mart.

Cheers, Mark
President
Frame Destination, Inc.
http://www.framedestination.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard 
Smallfield <r.smallfield@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I was framing some prints yesterday and the glass had been sitting 
around for a while and wasn't too clean - so I sprayed what in the 
USA is called Windex and over here is called Mr Muscle Glass Cleaner -
 which did the job.
> 
> But then I wondered, could any outgassing from this product affect 
print life once the print is framed?

> 
> thanks,
> Richard
> --
> Backroads Essay:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/rsmallfield/TheBackroadsOfWarkworth
> Greeting Cards available for purchase:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/rsmallfield/GreetingCards
> http://photos.smallfield.vze.com
> http://smallfield.vze.com
> 
>   "Ist it strange?  The same people who laugh at gypsy fortune 
>    tellers take economists seriously."
>    --Cincinnati Enquirer
>