Mounting the print can be as simple as suspending it from a line of "acid free" double sided tape across the top or an array of roller glue applicator stripes. Print size could possibly bear on the chosen method. Over the years I've had prints mounted; heat, sticky board, vacuum and spray glued. For some time, however, it's all been as initially noted above.
Jack --- On Sat, 3/19/11, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Getting prints mounted and/or framed > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011, 4:04 AM > To add to what Ann said, most good > art stores and some photo stores now have precut matts in > sizes that are more accommodating for modern film and sensor > sizes. For example, 12 x 18 and 8 x 12 precut matts are > widely available in a range of styles and colors. I've also > seen 17 x 12, 11 x 15, 12 x 12 and 8 x 8. > Paul > > > On Mar 19, 2011, at 12:35 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > sure - > > A good art supply store should have frames with precut > matts for not too much... just make your print a > standard size... > > You can easily matt the photo yourself 11 x > 14 frame with essentially and 8 x 10 mat opening > can probably be accomplished for > > about $15 > > > > ann > > > > > > Larry Colen wrote: > > > >> The college age daughter of a friend of mine wants > to give him one of my prints as a gift for his 60th > birthday. > >> We probably want to do something a bit nicer than > just giving it to him in a costco envelope. I don't > know how big we'd go, 8x12, 12x18 or maybe bigger. Are > there cost effective ways of mounting or framing it that > look nice, but don't cost on the order of hundreds of > dollars? > >> > >> -- > >> Larry Colen [email protected] > sent from i4est > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
