Following some great communication with the Breathing Color Team over the last week, here's a video to share a new process for laminating Breathing Color Lyve Canvas with their Timeless Laminate. This is pretty much where I'd got with my initial experimentation, though now, based on new advice from Breathing Color, we apply the laminate with the roller, rather than pouring it onto the canvas and spreading it out from there.

You can also view the embedded video on your iPad, thanks to a recent Vimeo update!

Don't forget to hit the full-screen button in the video window to view the video, erm, full-screen.

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UPDATE:

OK, so following more experimentation, I'm really pleased to tell you that this process is now so easy that a monkey could make a good job of it. The remaining problem of the white flakes of congealed laminate that stuck to the canvas and ruined it during some of my earlier attempts was caused by the foam rollers that I bought from Breathing Color. I got some different rollers, ones with short hairs on them, not made of foam, and they worked a treat.

The application was easier, and I was able to laminate four 24x36 inch canvas prints with one roller. I then went on to laminate two more fine art prints and two more smaller canvases as an experiment, and I did not see the white flakes at all. I was also able to roll a little longer to work out the lines that sometimes appear on the canvas, but it wasn't necessary to roll any of the four canvases for more than a minute or two. They have now dried and look great! I'm now totally happy with my decision to buy into the Breathing Color Lyve Canvas and Timeless Matte Laminate system.

Thanks again to the guys at Breathing Color for their incredible customer service, patience and help, as we worked through the earlier problems.

$20 Discount!

Breathing Color have also kindly provided a $20 discount for MBP community members. Enter the code MBP20 when checking out for $20 off any order of $20 or more.

If you haven't tried Breathing Color products yet this might be a great time to try. For example, you could pick up a roll of 17" x 20' Lyve Canvas for just $9 with this discount! You could also add a pint of Timeless Laminate too, and give the process a try for yourself. If you go for the Matte Timeless though, don't buy the foam rollers from Breathing Color! :-)