Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --------------84DC51142DFD7DE1067BAAB4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've done that, sprayed the UV protectant over the print, but I haven't had any prints long enough to see any fading. I had the EX for about a year before the 1200 (I think) but haven't noticed any fading from any of my prints. The UV spray works for me, and you can't tell it's there unless you really coat it on, which gives it a laquered look that isn't all that bad either. Dave Yoder KPETERS wrote: > why can't a person just spray some uv protectorant/aerosol spray over > the top of your prints to lengthen life? is it the uv light that > degrades the inks, humidity, cosmic rays, radon gas??? I'm looking at > some colour prints I just printed off my 1200 and wondering what kind > of 'coating' I can put over them to preserve them??? some people may > actually like the fact that their artwork is 'disposable'; some > wealthy people I know may like to be able to buy original prints and > then toss them after the big party!!! cheaper than ilfochromes for > party favours, etc....Kpeters - --------------84DC51142DFD7DE1067BAAB4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> I've done that, sprayed the UV protectant over the print, but I haven't had any prints long enough to see any fading. I had the EX for about a year before the 1200 (I think) but haven't noticed any fading from any of my prints. <p>The UV spray works for me, and you can't tell it's there unless you really coat it on, which gives it a laquered look that isn't all that bad either. <p>Dave Yoder <p>KPETERS wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE> <font color="#000000">why can't a person just spray some uv protectorant/aerosol spray over the top of your prints to lengthen life? is it the uv light that degrades the inks, humidity, cosmic rays, radon gas??? I'm looking at some colour prints I just printed off my 1200 and wondering what kind of 'coating' I can put over them to preserve them???</font> some people may actually like the fact that their artwork is 'disposable'; some wealthy people I know may like to be able to buy original prints and then toss them after the big party!!! cheaper than ilfochromes for party favours, etc....<font color="#000000">Kpeters</font></blockquote> </body> </html> - --------------84DC51142DFD7DE1067BAAB4--