Digital BW, The Print

Since you are now talking about (at least I assume you are talking about)
digital B&W inkjet prints making comparisons to silver gelatin image
stability on board of questionable pedigree is not a good idea. Archival
framing is not particularly cheap or fast. I believe that you'll want to
give some thought into foam core as a backer. How long do you plan on these
images staying in those frames? Are you looking for cosmetic fixes or long
lasting answers?  It would be nice to see some information come out that
list the variety of ink jet papers used over the last 5 years and see what
pH range they sit. Long term framing would need to account for  humidity
changes, pH changes, ozone and UV. Over matte, piece, adhesive or hinges,
substrate, mount board, barrier, backing is the order that I use for long
term archival framing. 

 

It sounds that you reuse your material several times. I would get some high
quality acid free single ply board to use as a barrier and double sided tape
to hold the final barrier to your frame. 

 

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gary
Weaver
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 4:38 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] archival framing

 

Ha. my workmate made my first prints and mounted them on department store
cardboard - white smooth surfaced and dark gray ruff, etc.. I don't see any
problems after 30 years.

gar

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On 12/30/07 at 2:27 PM Frank Jay wrote:

>Just to pass on something from my experiences. In approx 1973 I
>drymounted some photos onto shirt cardboard..for those not as old as I , 
>it was the cardboard in laundered shirts which , at the time were folded
>around the cardboard. I found two of them a year ago and there was no
>sign of acid leach or yellowing. 

 

 

> wrote:
> Hi,
>I'm currently preparing some framed images for local exhibition using my
>stock frames.
>
>Some of the backing boards had got defaced as they've been used so much,
>so what I've done is to buy some quite thin, bright white cardboard to put
>over the old backing boards so that the backs are pristine.

>
>thanks,
>Richard
>--

 



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