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HM - Bamboo290

Georg Baumann

Subscriber Member
Greetings,

Anyone else here using Hahnemuehle Bamboo 290?

I experienced my first day of printing on that media and I am delighted!

What I am still pondering about is the best practise/solution for "mercerizing", in lack of a better word, the prints before matting.

There are plenty of liquids available, but you could easily spend a month testing them all.

Currently I use the original hahnemuehle coating, which is only available in spray cans, something I am talking to HM about at the moment. A bucket at lower costs, to be rolled on would be a better solution in my view.

So, what do you use? How many coats do you apply?

I found up to three coats are beneficial, more than three are probably not needed, five would be a maximum I can see as reasonable depending on the size.
 

MoJo

Registred Users
Hi Georg:
I have just in the last few months printed 2 whole large and 1 small Ireland -"Arainn" portfolio in the bamboo...It is fantastic paper for BW to get a Platimum -Palladium look, soft and large tonal scale.....very warm. I used the Hahnemuhle in the Spray Can, and sprayed each print 2 or 3 times. Dat's all!
-Josef
 
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