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Dan_San_Abbott · 17 September 2007, 03:52 PM

FokkerJ:
Varnish has a natural yellow cast to it. For example when the fabric under surfaces were varnished, the sky blue got a yellow shift to the color and it appears to be turquoise. The upper olive surface would also get the yellow shift and it would appear more olive green.
Idflieg specified a specific matt lacquer made by Cohn in Berlin-Neukolln, be used to coat the printed fabric. I assume regular varnish was then brushed over the matt lacquer.
Blue skies,
Dan-San

17 September 2007, 03:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
Dan_San_Abbott Rest in Peace Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Ceres, California Posts: 9,119	Effect of varnish on color. FokkerJ: Varnish has a natural yellow cast to it. For example when the fabric under surfaces were varnished, the sky blue got a yellow shift to the color and it appears to be turquoise. The upper olive surface would also get the yellow shift and it would appear more olive green. Idflieg specified a specific matt lacquer made by Cohn in Berlin-Neukolln, be used to coat the printed fabric. I assume regular varnish was then brushed over the matt lacquer. Blue skies, Dan-San Last edited by Dan_San_Abbott; 18 September 2007 at 09:35 AM.