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How to Protect Your Inkjet Prints

Moab Master, Les Picker, demonstrates how to use Moab Desert Varnish to protect your inkjet prints from scuffing, scratches and fingerprints.

The spray is 100% invisible and has no sheen whatsoever. There are sprays on the market that do this, but we decided it was better to leave the visible look of the print as-is.

When should you use it?

You can technically spray a print within 15 minutes after the print comes out of the printer, however I would wait a day. Pigment inks have a glycol that needs to evaporate 100%, and 99% of it is gone within a few minutes of printing. It is that last 1% that I would like to be sure about. The spray dries very very quickly, like 20 minutes. I would print, let sit for a day, spray, package up later that day. That means one day after your print is printed.