Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
...
> What kind of dry mounting material is he using here?

Don't know, doesn't seem to state.

> I guess 
> that is worth studying carefully. A.Adams drymounted all his 
> porfolios as did Fred Sommer, Uelsman, Gowin( in the old days) 
> etc. We were always taught that it was the wrong thing do do and 
> hinging was best stragegy because if the board was damaged 
> or discolored the print could be removed. This seems to be a 
> reversal of that approach.

I've seen the barrier benifit of dry mounting refered to elsewhere as
well, don't recall where but it's been known for quite a while.

>  That comment about the storage 
> boxes needing to be evaluated was totally on target. 
> 
> Buffered board can be damaging to the dyes of color coupler 
> photographs, but what about pigment inkjet prints? Buffering 
> should help them, right? Is there any reason to avoid buffering 
> when it comes to storage of inkjet media?

I'm really not sure, most damage I've seen results from evaporates
from adhesives creating a strong yellowing of the paper coating.
Nothing to do with ink, though I'm sure ink must be sensitrive to
certain chemicals as well.
I don't think there's been enough study done on any of this including
buffers. It's a brave new world.

Here's some info passed on to me from another list-

"All rubber based PSA adhesives we have tested turned
the coatings (fine art paper) yellow. This not only will happen at the
point of
contact but the contamination can travel/as a matter of fact if you
have a poly
print bag (not Polyester) and put a piect of rubber based tape on top
of it the
print inside will yellow. USE ACRYLIC ADHESIVE PSA."

Tyler