Digital BW, The Print

Clayton, I don't think the water based sprays have lacquer or shellac in
them. I use both DCP and Glamour II both water based sprays in an HPLV. I'll
certainly add that mounting first is important. A sprayed print in even low
heat with pressure is certainly asking for a surface change from fiber
material. 

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Clayton
Price
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 11:13 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Keeping big prints flat in the frame.

 

Hi All -
Just a few words about mounting -
Within my knowledge, all of the sprays have some sort of lacquer or 
shellac base. There are newer compounds for spraying, but they
mostly will behave the same way when exposed to heat. So if one is 
serious about dry mounting with a Seal or similar press,
you should never spray the print first. Aside from that, there 
probably is not a lab in NYC (where I live) that still mounts prints 
with heat.
There are some very safe cold mounting processes, and they very often 
mount on archival "gator board". For large prints there's
a chrome roller unit that squeezes the print, tissue (which is 100% 
archival) and the gater board together. For one of my clients,
I'll regularly have glossy inkjet prints (and occasional "C" 
prints) around 60 X 48 inches mounted on 3/16 inch gator bd, which are
then framed by the client. BTW, Gator Board comes in thicker 
versions, as well.
For small prints one can do it yourself with a paint-on solution and 
a roller, but you'll have to research for the most archival of those!

Hope this helps.
Clay Price

 



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