Safe Gloss Medium To Use In Alt Processes

Stephen P Salniker (stephens@christa.unh.edu)
Thu, 4 Jul 1996 21:41:27 -0400 (EDT)

I have been making palladium and salted paper prints for several months
now, but find the dried prints dull. I've experimented with coating the
finished prints with a Knox gelatine solution, then drying with a
hairdryer, which works well to add a semi-matte finish and add a bit of
sparkle as well as deepen the blacks. But I worry that this isn't
archival, and that I'll be nourishing many generations of silverfish when
I frame and hang this stuff up. Any suggestions on gloss mediums that
will not affect long-term stability of the image?

My apologies if this is covered in the archives, but my prehistoric
computer cannot download large amounts of material. Thanks in advance for
the help!

Stephen Salniker
<stephens@christa.unh.edu>