How do you "fix" Giclee copies?

[Richard Budig]

How do you fix Giclee copies of your art?

I'm not sure in which topic this belongs. Thought I'd start here.

I use a spray called Bulldog, which sets the water soluble inks. That's all I used to use. Now, however, I use an acrylic varnish you can buy at the hardware store. It is put out by Minnwax, and called, I believe, acrylic varnish.

I'm not sure this is the best stuff to use, though.

What do you use? How do you prepare Giclee reproductions on canvas, watercolor paper, or rice paper?

[Leslie Ficcaglia]

Richard, I've had gicl

[Richard Budig]

Leslie:

No, I don't make my own prints. I have a professional do them here in Tulsa, OK. He uses archival inks, and prints (very economically, I might add) on canvas, watercolor paper, or rice paper. I have most of my work done on canvas.

His prices are extremely low, compared to other places -- around $7.50 to $16.00 for the scan, and ten cents per square inch for the copies. He can print up to 44 X 90 inches.

But the thing about Giclee inks is this: Those inks are WATER SOLUBLE. In other word, if a sprits of water hits the face of the copy, the ink will run.

I buy a special spray called Bulldog spray. It's nasty smelling. I do it out in the barn, and then leave. After I've done that, I paint on an acrylic varnish. Between the two processes, the ink is then sealed and protected.

[Leslie Ficcaglia]

Richard, I seem to recall one of the gicl

[Michele Rushworth]

When I've had giclees printed on canvas the place that printed them recommended Krylon spray (which I believe is acrylic). That's what I've been using.

[Leslie Ficcaglia]

I spoke with the fellow who's doing a gicl