You know, the environment is one of the biggest questions I get – or one of the biggest problems. Justin: Yeah, I think you brought up two good points already. I see a lot of complaints on different manufacturers websites, “Well, gee, I did this.” Or they’re using something like Timeless on a photo print with a gloss surface and I saw that comment, actually, on your website. So, I’ll include those in the show notes, and again if you’re using any product for the first time, always test it on small prints first. However, I do notice on your website, in one of the prior blog posts, that there is a reference to a canvas print corner fold test to check and see whether the canvas print is dry, so we can include those in the show notes, and there’s also a downloadable PDF on the Breathing Color website on canvas printmaking and varnishing, I think it’s something like “How to be a Varnish Master” – and there’s a lot of really helpful videos on coating. There seems to be a general consensus for a lot of products that are similar to Timeless that six hours to be absolutely sure the canvas is dry. Now I’ve, you know, combed the internet for years looking at different products. So therefor the drying times are much, much faster – it can be dry in maybe an hour, maybe take a few hours, again depending on your environment. Now, when we look at Timeless, one of the advantages of that product is you don’t need to dilute it. And again, the prints may need more drying time, both before and after coating if you’re in a particularly humid environment, and in that case it may need even more than 24 hours to dry, so you have to plan that into your workflow.Īnd again it’s best to always work in a temperate-controlled environment, and you may need a humidifier or a dehumidifier. So therefor you’re going to need at least another 24 hours after you coat before you do the stretching. And any product that needs diluting is therefor going to remoisten your print. So with your original varnish product, Glamour, that needs to be diluted with water because of the leveling agents in there. They have crazy-confusing name like lacquer, and shellac, and varnish, aerosol spray, solvent, aqueous-based, and we have different application methods from your foam rollers to the HVLP spray gun, so I’m gonna answer the questions for Breathing Color products, but it’s gonna be best if you’re using a different product to contact technical support for that product, because I can’t answer for every product. Now with that said, in our products, as you know Justin, in the market today. Because there’s all these claims that, “Oh, this is an instant-drying type of canvas.” But that’s not what we’re doing here because those don’t require coating. Not the newer types of canvas like Crystalline that are going to use photo black ink that don’t require coating, and I know there’s quite a bit of confusion about it – I get that from printing students. So, I have a little caveat here, and I’m going to address canvas prints with matte surfaces such as Breathing Color’s Lyve that use matte black ink. So this is really a follow-up question to my prior podcast, which covered drying times before coating canvas prints, where I had mentioned there was a standard 24 hour rule to let the prints outgas and dry after printing before you coat them.Īnd again that’s particularly important for your substrates such as canvas or matte papers, and canvas does have a heavy ink load. And the short answer to this is, it’s going to depend on specifically what type of product you’re using to coat your canvas prints, as well as the environment in which you work, the temperature in particular, and the relative humidity. Renée: Okay, for answering these three questions today, I’m gonna start by giving a short answer, and then I’ll follow up with some details. And if you don’t mind, I’m gonna jump right into the listener questions.Īnnouncer 2: Mike from asks, “How much time is recommended after coating or varnishing a print before moving on to stretching?” Hey, thanks for taking the time out to join us here today, I really enjoyed having you on the last show so I appreciate you coming back. Renée: It’s going great Justin, thank you! If you missed episode 11, be sure to go back and check out our last show with Renée where we talked about things like rendering intents, choosing the right paper type, and more. Welcome to episode 15 of the AskBC podcast! Today we have with us a special guest – Renée Besta is joining us once again and we’re excited to get her input on today’s listener questions. Today we’re gonna talk about coating canvas, Pizeography and third party inks, and Epson’s Advanced Black and White mode. Justin: What’s up guys? This is your host Justin, and this is episode 15 of the AskBC podcast. Announcer 1: You are listening to the AskBC podcast – your printmaking questions, answered by the experts!
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