QTR-Quadtone RIP

As an antique conservator (furniture, decorative arts) I would caution you not to ascribe too much confidence in any wax giving significant protection to anything. This includes "Renaissance Wax" which is, in reality, not much different than any of other the proprietary waxes that are on the market, even though it seems, unexplainably to me, to have been chosen by the public to contain qualities, that are unavailable in the others. Waxes throughout history have been primarily used for aesthetic reasons, and in my experience have a rather minimal use as a protectant. I wonder if there is any real data on its effect on paper. I have never heard of a paper conservator using it and doubt it has been. What the materials that are defined as "canvas" I have no knowledge of. Any graphics conservators out there?

David Pal


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Carl Schofield 
  To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 10:37 AM
  Subject: Re: [QuadtoneRIP] renaissance wax and bronzing?


  I'm currently testing Renaissance wax on water resistant glossy 
  canvas. Seems to work very well giving a nice soft sheen and good for 
  protecting from dirt, grime, water, etc. It did eliminate slight 
  gloss differential on some of my canvas prints. I have no bronzing 
  problems.

  Carl

  On Sep 12, 2008, at 1:27 PM, djon43 wrote:

  > Has anybody got experience with Renaissance wax?
  >
  > It surely protective and dealers claim it'll "reduce" bronzing...what
  > does "reduce" mean? Is it highly worthwhile for that purpose?
  >
  > I'd rather apply wax and rub it (did that with Johnson's paste on
  > darkroom prints in the 70s) than spray because I don't want to deal
  > with dust and fumes (want to do it indoors).



   

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