LOL...well if this is the way you feel, you should stay away from addressing me, if you dont then dont come whining when I shove some of the BS you are spewing back to you. BTW, all that tirade you just posted is not "logic" is pure emotional BS.....you need to get a hold of yourself bubba, you are going to pop a vessel one of these days....
The last word ----> FIN
"the diasec treatment I prefer. "
Julian, what is this? I am not familiar with this.
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
Kirk,
The diasec process has to do with bonding the photographic emulsion to the surface of acrylic using a clear film forming adhesive. It's a great method for protecting RC prints.
Brian Miller encompassed this entire thread and argument perfectly.
Are you talking about an acrylic similar to what you can spray over a painting?
No, Diasec is what is called a face-mountingprocess - bonding the (usually a colour C-Print) to the rear surface of a sheet of acrylic (2/3/4mm plexi type stuff)
Diasec is a particular proprietary process that seems to be most preferrered by artists/museums etc.
There are similar face mounting processes using Seal Optimount and such. The Diasec process is supposed to be the best and is the most tightly controlled. Using the Seal process you are at the mercy of the quality of the shop doing the work - some very good, some not so.
Face Mounting gives a quite distinctive look to the work - a certain vibrancy and depth. It is also one good way to mount very large work.
There are downsides. While it is probably as archivally safe a process as the prints mounted this way (it may actually increase their longevity) the surface of the acrylic, which has now become the front surface of the print, is susceptable to damage.
There are threads on here from the past about Diasec and face-mounitng I think
You'd be amazed how small the demand is for pictures of trees... - Fred Astaire to Audrey Hepburn
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What about heat/UV/fading/clouding up? How much does it cost?
How's the Colonel Blimp/protect the worlds youth from the evils of inkjet phone a museum campaign going?
You might want to call the Library of Congress as well as I note they list inkjet under types of photograph and photographic media.
I was by the harbour in Bosham a couple of days ago and reflecting on King Canute brought back fond memories of this discussion...
one ring-dingy......two ringy-dingy.........
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