can anyone tell me what they coat their canvas prints with?

[Kevin Flowers]

Martin
clearshied from Landor will do the job

http://www.landoruk.com/

Kev

[Martin Cole]

Thanks Kev,

Could I ask, do you apply it before or after stretching the canvas?

And while on the canvas subject do you always print on high quality, I’m doing this with good results but wondered if could get away with std print as never tried 😉

I will get down to see you one day aswell keep that kettle warm

Martin

[Kevin Flowers]

Martin
i’ve only done it on a couple of canvases for friends normally stretch leave overnight then coat. I have however used it on banners a lot & Landor may actually do a better version for canvases. They do offer a product for Giclee prints etc. Don’t use a kettle cause i never seen to get around to making the Tea always seems to be one more job before i get around to it. So i walk down to the cafe that way i know i’ll drink it without leaving it on the side to go cold, but your always more than welcome. What printer & ink are you using

Kev

[Frank Horner]

Martin,

I have Eternacryl which is compatible with both solvent and water based ink.
You should apply after stretching. With my Grenadier I print canvas at 720 dpi, but I recently bought a new Canon IPF 8100 12 colour printer which is designed for canvas and fine art.

Frank

[Martin Cole]

Kev, VP540 with eco sol max, cafe it is then when I get down to you 😀

Thanks Frank, where do you get your eternacryl from?
Cannon 12 colour 😮 is the colour difference like chalk and cheese copaired to the Grenadier?

What are you looking at for one of those cannon printers

BTW, hows the heat press and bits doing?

Martin

[Frank Horner]

Martin,

I bought the canon and all consumables from Designline Systems in Poole,
the help and support is first class, the canon was £4,000 plus vat and does not need all the tlc that the Grenadier needs.
There are some images that the Grenadier is virtually as good as the fine art printers but there are some that it won’t even come close.
Heat press is not used enough, but when it is it’s so much easier.

Frank

[John Wilson]

Where do you get the eternacryl from?

I’m still looking for a decent method to finish off my canvases

[Ian Hatfield]

I used a bog standard clear varnish from Homebase and applied it with a glossing roller, b4 it was stretched and it worked out just fine, only did this as a last resort because I couldn’t find the clearshield. Now Its all we use on the aqueous inks.

[Warren Beard]

I’ve used Frog Juice spray (used to be 3 tins for £20 from Victory online) and it is really good. I tried a few liquid lams that had to be rolled on and was terrible. The frog juice spray is clean and easy to use (just watch out for the fumes *hair*

It leaves a nice even soft sheen finish and can be done before or after stretching.

cheers

Warren

[Adrian Yeo]

Might seem a silly question, but do you really need to coat these?

I’ve done a few of these using the Cadet on the Lcan material that have been up for a year now in direct sunlight with no fade issues etc. Prints look as vibrant now as when they first went up.

Durable to, the wife gives them an occasional wipe over with a damp cloth or duster.

[leerees]

I supply canvas prints on sale or return to a few other shops. We make the frames ourselfs from wood and stretch them. the inks are jetbest and the media is metamarks art canvas.

We’ve never coated the pictures with anything we just package them well. Once a picture is hung nobody is going to go over and start touching it.

100+ prints and no come backs as of yet.

Having said all this the frog juice spray sounds interesting, anybody know where to get it cheaper than victory?

[Jason Xuereb]

We use something similar to frog juice. It makes the colours pop more if you want a gloss finish.