Digital BW, The Print

Clayton,  I didn't think "gator board" was archival or even acid free or that matter.  I'm not 
that familiar with it, perhaps there are some varieties that are considered archival; I'll have 
to do some research on it!

Randy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Clayton Price <clay@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>