Digital BW, The Print

Many people across the country hit a wall with Epson's Prem Semi Matt.. Actually their are several other materials out there by various manufactures that had issues with the synthetic materials..  Actually I think I didn't mention what the solution was .. Their are two ways.. The photomount spray adhesive  for those doing home mounting of small prints works just fine.. The mounting film I use is Beinfang's Ragmount.. That stuff will hold down a greased snake...:-)). It has been thoroughly tested with all the newer materials and works like a charm. Other manufacturers have equivalents of Rag mount...non of teh typical photomount adhesives work as they were designed for different materials..

David close your eyes for this next part ok?  Also for those that are bent on mounting what we call fine art materials permanently.. Rag mount works for that also..

Ok lastly....Paul...you may want to do a little homework on Gator board.. We use it a lot here.. but it can screw up your prints over time.. It contains formaldehyde which never gets totally released and it requires a barrier if you want a truly archival mount. It was designed for signage so it's not an issue there.. The museum approved barrier methods are a good coat of Gesso or laminating a piece of acid free matt to the gator followed by mounting the print on that.. The later is the preferred method. I've heard of mounting film sthat work too but have never went their as they wern't listed in approved processes when I was digging into this.

jimbo

 ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:56 AM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: adhesion of print to mat


    
  "mrjimbo" <mrjimbo@...> wrote:
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  > A photographer friend of mine in another state had (24) 20 x 30 prints made on Epson's Prem Semi Matt. Then took them to a framer to get them mounted and framed ... 
  > every print in the show was coming off the substrate.. 

  I'm just getting around to reading this very good thread and wanted to second this experience. My first "glossy" type prints made for the local museum were on Epson Premium Semi Matte. The adhesives the framer used will not hold it to the substrate (supposedly acid-free foam core in this case).

  My current approach when the museum wants "glossy" types for "glass-less" display has been my "sepia" workflow -- MIS PK, LK, LLK 100% carbon on Museo Silver Rag -- and they've been doing very well so far. Samy's mounted them on Gatorboard (pre-treated with some type of adhesive) with a roller press they have. It'll be interesting to see how they look after a few years.

  I might add that purchasers of copies of the images in the local centennial historic photo display have opted for the sepia style prints over the neutral matte paper option. On the other hand the museum director, who has taken classes in issues of archival materials and storage, wants a set of matte paper prints for long term storage. 

  Paul
  www.PaulRoark.com 



  

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