Posted by Kelly Rowe on January 6, 2010 at 4:12 PM
We spray our inkjet prints with PremierArt Print Shield Spray, a lacquer based, nasty smelling coating that seems to do one heck of a good job. PremierArt has a new green product, ECO Print Shield, that is water based and may not smell so bad. I'm just concerned about spraying water on a print. In our case it's now Hahnemuhle Baryta FB 350 gsm with Ultrachrome K3 inks. Somehow this just seems counterintuitive to me, spraying water on a paper print. Any experience with this stuff? It can be rolled on canvas, or sprayed with the same machine I use for the stinky stuff.
Very nearly off-topic because I haven't used the product, but I'll offer this:
I've switched over entirely to water-based dyes and finishes, even water based rubber cement for fine leather work. I'm blown away, because it works as well, often even better than the noxious predecessors. And initially the products seemed counter-intuitive to me, too. I have to believe that if they're offering it as a print shield, they've done a whole lot of testing with inks.
Have you contacted them or visited their site to see if they have advisories against use with your particular inks?
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1 repliesI've switched over entirely to water-based dyes and finishes, even water based rubber cement for fine leather work. I'm blown away, because it works as well, often even better than the noxious predecessors. And initially the products seemed counter-intuitive to me, too. I have to believe that if they're offering it as a print shield, they've done a whole lot of testing with inks.
Have you contacted them or visited their site to see if they have advisories against use with your particular inks?