printed panels

[Theo]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ken Stone <sasami at blaze.net.au>

> The idea of printing panels is not new - a lot of us do it, however, in
> the ones I've tried, varnishing them fails utterly. My printouts are
> from a color laser printer, so the bond between the toner and the paper
> is too weak to make varnishing viable - it crumbles so easily. 

Use varnish from a spray can.
First two layers or so should be real tin!!
The solvent in the varnish dissolves the toner.
When the first layers are to thick, the toner can "run".

Have done this several times with both color inkjet and color laser jet.
Worked fine for me.

Hope this helps, Theo.