Protecting pencil art

[R Greg Older]

For those of you who have top notch pencil pictures in your sketch books,
Grumbacher Gloss Tuffilm Final Fixative is recommended to preserve them and
keep them from smudging any further.
---Style

[Tanamin Wingate]

R Greg Older <gol...@netcom.ca> wrote in message
news:Xq%85.20681$qS3....@tor-nn1.netcom.ca...

You can buy all sorts of spray fixatives in matte or glossy finish,
whichever floats your boat.

What I do, however, is use hairspray that comes in a can. It's cheaper,
does just as good a job, and it makes your artwork smell so nice and
flowery!

Just my thoughts,
Tanamin!
http://skunkworks.dynip.com/tapestry/

[William Earl Haskell]

Tanamin Wingate wrote:

> R Greg Older <gol...@netcom.ca> wrote in message
> news:Xq%85.20681$qS3....@tor-nn1.netcom.ca...
> > For those of you who have top notch pencil pictures in your sketch books,
> > Grumbacher Gloss Tuffilm Final Fixative is recommended to preserve them
> and
> > keep them from smudging any further.
> > ---Style
> >
> You can buy all sorts of spray fixatives in matte or glossy finish,
> whichever floats your boat.
>
> What I do, however, is use hairspray that comes in a can. It's cheaper,
> does just as good a job, and it makes your artwork smell so nice and
> flowery!

I know a local commercial artist, with some 30+ years experience, who uses
hairspray the same way for his airbrush and pencil work - unscented, as his
work has to exude a certain amount of professionalism. *snff*

[Al Goldman]

In article <8k5uke$p92$1...@slb6.atl.mindspring.net>, "Tanamin Wingate"
<Tan...@mindspring.com> writes:

>> For those of you who have top notch pencil pictures in your sketch books,
>> Grumbacher Gloss Tuffilm Final Fixative is recommended to preserve them
>and
>> keep them from smudging any further.
>> ---Style
>>
>You can buy all sorts of spray fixatives in matte or glossy finish,
>whichever floats your boat.
>
>What I do, however, is use hairspray that comes in a can. It's cheaper,
>does just as good a job, and it makes your artwork smell so nice and
>flowery!

There may be solvents in hair spray that could damage the paper. Best to stick
with a real fixative to be absolutely sure your paper will hold up.

Al Goldman

Although I see the glass as half empty instead of half full, I still feel that
I'm an optimist because there's less to clean up when I spill it.

Bardonner, Ruminations @ topfive.com

[Hyena]

"Al Goldman" <allan...@aol.comNARF> wrote in message
news:20000708012626...@nso-fs.aol.com...

I agree with Al totally. You go through the trouble of getting acid free
paper, good grade pencils and inking pens only to spray what could be
industral strenght acid in a can!!! Do you know what the pH is? Better
check.

[flas...@feist.com]

And, as for the spray fixes (which I used for about 10 years), they have the
down side of being yet another carcinogenic concoction (Hey, Kids! Collect all
900,000,000,000 TODAY! Buy 'em! Trade 'em! Make thrilling dioramas!). If used,
they should be applied in a WELL ventilated area...

William Earl Haskell wrote:

> Tanamin Wingate wrote:
>
> > R Greg Older <gol...@netcom.ca> wrote in message
> > news:Xq%85.20681$qS3....@tor-nn1.netcom.ca...

> > > For those of you who have top notch pencil pictures in your sketch books,
> > > Grumbacher Gloss Tuffilm Final Fixative is recommended to preserve them
> > and
> > > keep them from smudging any further.
> > > ---Style
> > >
> > You can buy all sorts of spray fixatives in matte or glossy finish,
> > whichever floats your boat.
> >
> > What I do, however, is use hairspray that comes in a can. It's cheaper,
> > does just as good a job, and it makes your artwork smell so nice and
> > flowery!
>

[William Earl Haskell]

Hyena wrote:

> "Al Goldman" <allan...@aol.comNARF> wrote in message
> news:20000708012626...@nso-fs.aol.com...

> > >You can buy all sorts of spray fixatives in matte or glossy finish,
> > >whichever floats your boat.
> > >
> > >What I do, however, is use hairspray that comes in a can. It's cheaper,
> > >does just as good a job, and it makes your artwork smell so nice and
> > >flowery!
> >

> > There may be solvents in hair spray that could damage the paper. Best to
> stick
> > with a real fixative to be absolutely sure your paper will hold up.
> >
> > Al Goldman
> >
> > Although I see the glass as half empty instead of half full, I still feel
> that
> > I'm an optimist because there's less to clean up when I spill it.
> >
> > Bardonner, Ruminations @ topfive.com
>
> I agree with Al totally. You go through the trouble of getting acid free
> paper, good grade pencils and inking pens only to spray what could be
> industral strenght acid in a can!!! Do you know what the pH is? Better
> check.

Good point - commercial art (as per my previous posting here) doesn't have to
last very long - just until it's printed off, etc. As to testing the pH - it's
do-able - has anyone really done it, though?