Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Austin 
Franklin" <darkroom@i...> wrote:
> Hi Jerry,
> Because in the larger sizes, the prints do not lay flat...no matter 
what you
> do.
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I have found this to be true as well. In the larger sizes, especially 
after being coating with Hydrocote, the prints tend to dry with a 
wave to them. I just framed a print two days ago and could not 
get the wave out; the print was hinged and it showed 
buckling/waving in the mat, inside the frame. I actually had to go 
all the way back and reprint it and recoat it, because I wasn't 
willing to spray mount it or dry mount it.

I think this is an issue that I have not resolved yet. Purists really 
frown on dry-mounting, so I don't want to go there. 

I thought maybe some type of very stiff backing board, inside the 
frame, behind the rear mat, might provide enough pressure, and 
enough stiffness, that it would take out the waviness, but then 
you run into space limitations inside the frame, in how many 
layers of material you can cram in there.

Still a work in progress, for sure.

MT, http://www.marktucker.com/