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Re: matting quadtones

2003-09-23 by photographs42

Dry mounting works fine. I use colormount at 200 deg. If you are 
using a textured paper, it works best to use a sheet of the same 
paper for a cover sheet.

Jerome

http://www.jeromehawkins.com/

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ron at 
BookCrossing.com" <ron@b...> wrote:
> > looking for a good cheap source for pre-cut 16x20" 8-ply museum 
mats
> > in the US.  Also, how are people hanging their quadtones in a mat?
> > Hanging some stuff in a gallery and all the local shops are 
stupidly
> > expensive...
> 
> Good questions! Along those same lines, I'd be curious to hear hear 
if/how
> people are dry-mounting their digital prints. I've got an old 20x24 
Seal
> dry mount press from my silver-printing days that I'm hoping will 
work
> with the new media. My old method was to dry-mount, then cut a 
window mat
> about 1/2" from the print border all around, with a little more 
space at
> the bottom for a penciled signature. The glass is then kept off the 
print.
> Any opinions on the appropriateness of that method would be 
appreciated!
> 
> -Ron

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