Use of Adhesives with Harman by Hahnemuhle Glossy Baryta
2011-12-12 by caostebbins
Hello all, My question concerns the use of adhesives with Harman by Hahnemuhle Glossy Baryta paper. The fact sheet that comes with this paper states as follows: "Plasticizer or solvent vapour can discolour the coating. We recommend that the Inkjet papers and prints should only be packaged in polyethylene composite plastic sheets and no adhesive tape should be used for sealing. Components of adhesive tapes containing solvents can diffuse through the packaging!" I make my prints with large (1 inch or larger) borders. I hinge them to acid-free foam core with Filmoplast P90 paper hinging tape, which is "archival quality, water removable, solvent free, no pollution water based adhesive buffered with CaCO3 acid free." I hinge my matts (4 ply rag) with Tyvek Tape. Sometimes to keep the matts from opening, I also use Scotch 3M double-sided Scrapbooking tape just to affix the top matt to the bottom matt. No adhesive actually touches the printed area itself. When I sell the matted prints, I slip them into a clear bag that has an adhesive strip on the outside of the bag. What I'd like to know is will any of the adhesives I am using cause a problem with this paper?! Should I not use the bags with the adhesive strips to put the matted prints in? I would be interested in hearing how others handle the matting and marketing of prints made on this paper. Thanks! Christy