Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Kruser"
<imagesbywd@a...> wrote:
> 
> I will address this to the group as I believe it would be subject 
> related and if anyone has specific questions, contact me off list.
> 
> I do a lot of matting and nounting of prints myself.  One thing is
to be 
> sure the print can move and breathe with the humidity.  I use
T-hinges 
> to mount the print on the mat board and then place a backing board
up to 
> that.  This allows the print some free movement yet keeps it
stable. 

Perhaps it's only a matter of personal preference (or habit) but the
method I've used for years involves first hinging together the backing
board and the window-mat and then T-hinging the print to the backing
board (not to the mat). It seems to me that the alternative Bill
describes could be somewhat more difficult in respect to establishing
and keeping accurate placement of the image (in the mat window) before
the T-hinging is done. 

I fully agree about the need to permit movement with humidity --and
that applies also to the mat and backing board. If these are sized a
bit too large--so as to fit "snugly" within the confines of the frame
perimeter--they can eventually become buckled (often irreversibly) as
a result of expansion caused by humidity.

Phil