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by stream on Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:27 am
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I am just getting into working with canvas. I would like to know what is most popular, matte, satin or gloss as a final finish and why. Thanks in advance for any replies. Clark.
 

by Les Voorhis on Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:58 am
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Hands down (for us) satin is the most popular finish. People seem to prefer a little lustre and pop but not enough to cause glare. I sell very little straight matte and more gloss but satin is the hands down winner. We use Timeless exclusively BTW.
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by Randy Mehoves on Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:05 pm
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I know Les and others like Glamour II coatings and similar but I choose to go a different route. I have been using Moab Desert Varnish spray on for several reasons:
It goes on very easily with 2 to 3 light coats, no runs, not much smell outdoors and drys very fast
It does not change the look of the canvas at all, if you have matte or glossy finish it remains
I don't like the look of the coated canvas using the thicker coatings, it takes away from the canvas look (plastic looking)
I have found that I have not needed the thicker coatings the Moab holds up fine for me with no problems.

I know the thicker coatings give better protection but I have just not needed that level of protection.
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by Les Voorhis on Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:23 pm
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Randy is certainly correct, you want to be sure you adapt what you need to what spray you end up using. I have a spray booth and everything gets sprayed in there. If an HVLP sprayer is not an option and you don't want to roll the coating, then aerosol sprays (can sprays) like Desert Varnish and Print Guard work well. They provide good coverage, UV protection but not much in the way of water protection. FWIW, I DO NOT like Glamour II rolled. It is good sprayed but I do not like it rolled. Timeless I really like both ways.
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by Les Voorhis on Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:31 pm
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Randy is certainly correct, you want to be sure you adapt what you need to what spray you end up using. I have a spray booth and everything gets sprayed in there. If an HVLP sprayer is not an option and you don't want to roll the coating, then aerosol sprays (can sprays) like Desert Varnish and Print Guard work well. They provide good coverage, UV protection but not much in the way of water protection. FWIW, I DO NOT like Glamour II rolled. It is good sprayed but I do not like it rolled. Timeless I really like both ways.
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by stream on Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:17 pm
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Thanks Les and Randy for your speedy and experienced input. I was thinking of using satin, and it's good to know that you have found that to be the most popular. I really look forward to working with this new medium. Clark.
 

by pleverington on Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:25 am
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Satin here too--or even a custom mix at times. I use gloss however for my blow ups of Hubble and Cassini images. Those you want the deepest blacks and contrast possible. The clearjet sovent based varnishes work best but the fumes require a lot of precautions. You can make a spray booth using heavy visquene plastic covering the ceiling and draped down for walls in your unfinished basement, if you have one. As a bonus, lighting diffuses very nice through the milky white plastic and allows you to see things very well on your canvas. Have a long stick to use to plant one end down on your table past the canvas so as to rest your hand on and steady it, and something like a dental pick to pick out any debris like a speck or hair if that should happen. A fine tipped artist's brush works well for some things.


Spraying is always a better way to go and saves a lot of material as you can put it down pretty thin. A gun from the depot works fine and a small compressor with a larger tank is what I use. Big thing is to filter that air completely. One of the oil less compressors is a good start, and the use one of those canister filters that take a rolled up paper filter about the size of a roll of toilet paper.

G II is awesomely tough--Timeless is clearer--both are great.

BC has a new metallic paper out now that I am anxious to try out soon.

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by ebkw on Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:14 pm
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As I am only doing a few at a time I am rolling Timeless Satin. Great for the amount I'm doing.
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