Dry Mount Alternative

[Pawlowski6132]

So, my press can't accomodate 16x20 prints. They're fiber and look like the dead sea scrolls. Any other method to mount and flaten?

thanx

[biedron]

I really like this: http://www.amazon.com/3M-Positionabl...7773009&sr=8-3. It is very easy to use. No equipment necessary. It also comes in 16" wide rolls.

Bob

[jon.oman]

I really like this: http://www.amazon.com/3M-Positionabl...7773009&sr=8-3. It is very easy to use. No equipment necessary. It also comes in 16" wide rolls.

Bob

Bob,

Is this product archival? Acid free?

[Mark Woods]

Flatten and use the archival corners. You can put archival tape over the corners (not the print!).

[biedron]

Certainly not archival in the sense of reversible - it's for a permanent mount. The Ph is supposedly 5.4, so that puts it on the acidic side. Read all about it on p 377 (of http://www.wilhelm-research.com/pdf/..._HiRes_v1a.pdf. If archival mounting is a concern, stick with archival corner mounts.

Bob,

Is this product archival? Acid free?

[jon.oman]

Certainly not archival in the sense of reversible - it's for a permanent mount. The Ph is supposedly 5.4, so that puts it on the acidic side. Read all about it on p 377 (of http://www.wilhelm-research.com/pdf/..._HiRes_v1a.pdf. If archival mounting is a concern, stick with archival corner mounts.

Thanks for the info!

[Kirk Gittings]

In my experience photo corners will not keep a 16x20 print flat except some very heavy inkjet papers-never with silver prints.

[Proteus617]

Ive used a product clled StudioTac. Archival, easy to work with.

[Doremus Scudder]

You do know that you don't need to get the entire print into the dry mount press at once to successfully dry mount don't you? You can dry mount a print in several passes.

My dry mount press allows me to do a 16x20 print on a 22x28-inch board in two passes. However, I've successfully done the same size on a smaller press in four passes.

If your press is 11x14, you should be able to use the 2-pass method; half the print at a time. Just make sure you have at least 4-ply boards on either side of the print and the mount board. Make sure you leave the print in the press long enough. When time is up on one half, pull it out, weight it and let it cool (and adhere) before repeating the same on the second half.

FWIW, I use Bien Fang (formerly Seal) Buffer-Mount.

Practice on a couple of scrap prints to get your time/temp/etc. and you'll be good to go.

Best,

Doremus