Digital BW, The Print

jkwait2000 wrote:
> I'll preface this with my "credentials" my family's framing business
> has been operating since 1892 and I am a 4th generation framer.  I
> also have been printing ink jet (large format) since 1991 soo... here
> is my suggestions.

I am listening..that's for sure.

> I would not mount any original art unless my client begged me for it.
>  tape hinging in a book mat is the museum way to go.  

I have no idea what you just said here.. or at least I can't visualize 
it with out a troupe of monkeys showing up in the middle of it.

Is there an example of what this type of mount looks like

All I've ever done is dry mount one photo in class and frame others. I 
like the effect when I guess it would be called double matting..when the 
photo's mounted on a board and then a 2nd matte with the cut out and 
nice beveled edges is put on in front. I've seen 2 and 3 front mattes 
frames built up like this. Are any of these a look that can be 
accomplished with "tape hinging in a book mat"?

if you want to
> dry mount, most digital prints (except for wax based prints) can be
> dry mounted with no problem except for the possibility of "orange
> peeling" (the surface getting a texture from the mounting board)I
> would recommend and archival dry mount tissue and a press (irons are
> not a good idea uneven pressure.)

It's the expense of the press that has me looking for alternatives. I 
want to be pretty self sufficient and that was an expense that's a bit 
hard to wrap my mind around.
> 
> Positional adhesives will work and are fairly easy to apply however I
> doubt they will last and are usually not archival.  
> Spray mount is well... spray mount the only one that really holds is
> 3M's spray 77 it's like contact cement in a can and is as far away
> from archival as you can get.
> 

I ran across one site that was having a problem with what I think you're 
positional adhesives. He was looking for something that could be 
"unmounted" in a couple months. They were constantly popping up or the 
prints came loose after a month.

> Wet mounting can be done to water resistant materials i.e. pigmented
> inks and is a simple as methyl cellulose wallpaper paste you should
> counter-mount the board (mounting a plain paper on the back to prevent
>  curl).  And if you get your hands on a vacuum press you can wet mount
> with many different adhesives. and have your prints flat as a pancake.
> 
> 
> If anyone has any more questions or wants more detail on anything let
> me know
> -Jeff

Have you written a book? I just bought 4 of them on amazon a moment ago.


Thanks for your input.

Peace

Roy