Richard Lahrson (tripspud@hooked.net)
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:37:57 -0700
Hal Faulkner wrote:
> I just knew there was a reason that I love those old Ansel Adams Books so
> much!!
> In Book 3 (my copy is dated 1968) Ansel stated (p118)
> "PRINT VARNISH
> Proprietary varnishes are entirely adequate. The prime requisites are
> purity of ingredients and good color -- rather, lack of color when applied
> to the prints. Paul Strand has kindly given me his formula for surfacing
> prints (in his own words): 'First one buys a small can of lithographer's
> varnish No. 1.... (snip)
> Now that's not so terribly turgid is it? Try to find that in the new
> series!
> O.K. so Strand was talking about silver prints, but hey, maybe he varnished
> his platinums too.
Hi!
I've used this varnish on some matte silver prints. It works well.
Cheers,
Rich Lahrson
tripspud@hooked.net
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