Ink-jet Surface Coating? User Applied??

[DavidEC]

Ink-jet Surface Coating? User Applied??

Is there such a product??

Other than mail order... I can not find locally in my area printable media...

And once you add the cost of shipping the printable media is almost 2X's the cost of the retail branded media

So is there any form of spray on coating [Krylon or the like spray paint] that will allow the end user to then ink-jet print on retail media... even if it would mean having to spray on a clear protective coating after the fact??

--David

[OmegaSupreme]

Trying to create your own printable surface will just make a mess. Supermedia store has inkjet printable DVD's as low as 25¢/disc shipped.

[Nelson37]

There was a thread a while back on doing this using something called "Linit starch". Try a search on that phrase.

Suggestion came from a respectable source, however there was no feedback from anyone who had actually attempted this, much less successfully.

[DavidEC]

There was a thread a while back on doing this using something called "Linit starch". Try a search on that phrase.

Suggestion came from a respectable source, however there was no feedback from anyone who had actually attempted this, much less successfully.

Maybe I misread the replies but..

...most of them seemed to of been 'April Fools' type of replies..

Maybe they were 100% honest but...

Of the replies the only one that even seemed half way real was the reply to use 'Krylon Spray Primer'..
...But using a starches or glues... come on now...

And while I understand that the online stores have little control the prices that they have to pay for shipping... but I have seen a difference of over $20 (this is counting a $10 service charge for an order of less $50 at one site) in shipping cost for the same brand count and speed of printable DVD's from store to store .... So that a $20 order ends up costing $40

--David

[mikel]

I tried to make my own printables a few years ago.
I used Krylon white primer.
It's a messy process & one has to be VERY careful to
apply a light coating., ...and to avoid the overspray from
creeping onto the bottom edge.
I just checked...and the dozen or so that I did....actually still look good.
But I sure don't recommend all the hassle, now that printables are so cheap.

mikel

[Nelson37]

Take it however you wish, but this was way before April and I believe the response to have been serious. If you recall, he suggested getting the covering from an actual printable disk wet, you would end up with something very similar to the starch mixture before it dried.

I find the starch method no more ridiculous than spray paint, what is needed is a porous surface.