Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-20 Thread Brendan MacRae
OK, good to know. I know that my local art supply place carries it. -Brendan - Original Message > From: Ken Waller > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:47:01 PM > Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? > > I've used a product 'Kamar

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-20 Thread Ken Waller
Original Message - From: "Brendan MacRae" Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? Ann, it only needs to survive for a week hanging for our local county fair. I don't care if it lasts longer than that. I would use a mat but I like the flush look of mounting directly to black fo

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-20 Thread Igor Roshchin
Brendan, I remember asking the same question here a while ago, and getting frustrated because nobody here seemed to have used anything like that, while I'd seen it being used, and everybody was insisting that I don't need it (pretty much like in your case). The first time I heard about this prot

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-19 Thread Brendan MacRae
Almost never applied to photographs? http://www.lacquer-mat.com/index.html -Brendan - Original Message > From: paul stenquist > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 2:09:21 AM > Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? > > That's probably beca

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-19 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks, Christine! I hadn't seen any of those brands as of yet. I'll check them out. - Original Message > From: Christine Aguila > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:13:27 PM > Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? > > Hi Brendan

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-19 Thread paul stenquist
tos I decided to try something else. I'm probably just going to have to experiment a bit. - Original Message From: Graydon To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 3:31:18 PM Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 02:57:27PM -0700, Bren

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread Christine Aguila
To: "pdml" Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:04 AM Subject: Lacquer for prints? I would like to put some kind of protective finish on a couple recent prints I've made on Epson's Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper. Does anyone have a recommendation for a lacquer of some kind? I've tried

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
ealer will most likely not be an issue in such a short time. - Original Message > From: ann sanfedele > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 9:22:39 PM > Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? > > > > Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > I&#x

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread ann sanfedele
to do ann - Original Message From: paul stenquist To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 1:21:14 PM Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? The Epson premium papers when printed with pigment inks are said to be archival and should last for a century of more. I doub

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread Graydon
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 08:34:09PM -0700, Brendan MacRae scripsit: > > From: Graydon On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 02:57:27PM > > -0700, Brendan MacRae scripsit: > > > I'm not looking for lacquer for preserving the prints. I just want > > > to seal the print and make it less susceptible to marks, rubs a

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
on > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 3:31:18 PM > Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 02:57:27PM -0700, Brendan MacRae scripsit: > > I'm not looking for lacquer for preserving the prints. I just want to > > sea

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread Graydon
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 02:57:27PM -0700, Brendan MacRae scripsit: > I'm not looking for lacquer for preserving the prints. I just want to > seal the print and make it less susceptible to marks, rubs and > scratches. If it adds a slight gloss, all the better. Pretty much any art store is going to

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
Saturday, July 18, 2009 1:21:14 PM > Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? > > The Epson premium papers when printed with pigment inks are said to be > archival > and should last for a century of more. I doubt that any finish will last as > long > as the ink and paper will on

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread paul stenquist
The Epson premium papers when printed with pigment inks are said to be archival and should last for a century of more. I doubt that any finish will last as long as the ink and paper will on their own. As Ann suggests, matting and framing is probably the best protection. Paul On Jul 18, 2009,

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
  - Original Message > From: ann sanfedele > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:23:41 AM > Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? > > > > Brendan MacRae wrote: > > >I would like to put some kind of protective finish on a cou

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 1:23 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Brendan MacRae wrote: > >> I would like to put some kind of protective finish on a couple recent >> prints I've made on Epson's Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper. Does anyone have a >> recommendation for a lacquer of some kind? I've tried a matt

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread ann sanfedele
Brendan MacRae wrote: I would like to put some kind of protective finish on a couple recent prints I've made on Epson's Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper. Does anyone have a recommendation for a lacquer of some kind? I've tried a matte Krylon for artwork but it sprays unevenly, good finish, but i

Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
I would like to put some kind of protective finish on a couple recent prints I've made on Epson's Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper. Does anyone have a recommendation for a lacquer of some kind? I've tried a matte Krylon for artwork but it sprays unevenly, good finish, but impossible to apply correctl