Re: How about waxed? - was Varnished prints ?
Dan Cardish (dcardish@microtec.net)
Fri, 20 Mar 1998 16:50:58 -0500
At 02:37 PM 20-03-98 -0700, Wayde wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Luis Nadeau wrote:
>
>> At 4:49 AM 98/03/20, Donald Cardwell wrote:
>> >G'morning M Nadeau
>> >
>> >In the midst of the dye sub thread, I wondered what the long term affect
>> >of varnishing prints, as did Strand, has been ?
>>
>>
>> I can't think of an old varnished print that has not yellowed to some
extent.
>
>While we're at this, any information about the long term effect of waxing?
>
>I recently had a print with some abrasions in the super coating. Waxing
>with Johnson's floor wax fixed the problem, but I am wondering how this
>print will hold up over time. I guess I'll just watch and wait if nothing
>else.
In theory, shouldn't it be possible to remove the old wax and apply a fresh
coat every so often?
Dan C.