Digital BW, The Print

Tyler,

If you find an answer to this question I would love to know what it is. I have someone asking me this about twice a year and I don't know what to tell them.

All I know is traditional dry mount tissue is strong and clean, but requires heat which it a disaster with the gloss type inkjet media because of warping in my experience. The other is PVA book binding glue, which is totally permanent and archival, but impossible to spread on a large paper print smoothly.

I've used a variety of the cold mount 3M products over the years but they seem to pull up around the edges eventually. Someone told me recently that they have new cold mount products that are better, I don't know if this is true or not.

On a related issue: do you have good art lamination possibilities in Seattle. Of all the people who laminate with uv laminates here in Atlanta, I don't know of a one that does it cleanly without dirt or air bubbles. There is this trend for people to want to avoid matting and framing and laminate and float prints from the wall. It isn't easy.

john







--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley" <tyler@...> wrote:
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> I have a customer with a framing meltdown, I suspect they used an improper mounting adhesive.
> I've seen info in the past about sticking with acrylic adhesives and avoiding PSA adhesives.
> Of course this means little to me, but I need reliable info to pass on to the framer, and I've lost the info I saved from the past for just such an event.
> Now that a few mores years of experience have past, can anyone give reliable adhesive recommendations for large coated fine art paper prints?
> I'd prefer they were just hinged, but people seem insistent on mounting...
> Thanks
> Tyler
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