Fixative Problems

[dennis]

I have never tried it myself yet but I have heard that some artists fix their pencil and/or pastel drawings with canned hairspray instead of the commercial ones specially made and formulated for the purpose. What is your opinion on the hairspray, and if you have used it tell us of your experience(s)?

I over-sprayed one pencil drawing once and approx 15 years later the area turned yellow.

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