Just in case it would useful, some ideas on mounting prints on the board: For mounting canvas prints (especially those that didn't have much empty margin around the print), I've used foam (aka foam-core?) board with self-adhesive surface. I bought it rather inexpensively (within $10 for about 20"x30" piece) at a local art-supply store. They are rather expensive via mail (and usually, you have to buy a pack of 10)
The one I used was by Hunt (now Elmers): http://www.elmers.com/product/detail/950049 Other brands that I see available are Crescent: http://www.dickblick.com/products/crescent-perfect-mount-self-adhesive-mounting-board/ and Bainbridge: http://www.artsupply.com/foamcore/self_adhesive.htm . As for the glues, - several years ago, I asked at a large framing store in Russia about what they used as an adhesive to mount canvas on a board (they did a good job on a few orders - those seem to be lasting so far). They told me that they found that they had very good and consistent results with the glue called "Moment". They observed no typical problems. I haven't seen that glue sold anywhere outside of the former Soviet Union republics and other Eastern European countries. It is a universal glue used to bond wood, metal, rigid PVC, leather, rubber, felt, glass, ceramics, etc. http://7kilometr.com/eng/article/clay-universal-moment-of-glues-wood-metal This page (albeit in Polish) shows nice diagrams that indicate properties of this glue: http://www.pattex.pl/content/view/294/342/ This glue is manufactured by the German company Henkel. It is marketed (mostly in Europe) as "Pattex": http://www.mscomposit.com/ruzne/lepidla/pattex-power-glue-transparent.html http://www.pattex.com/index.html If somebody knows how this glue (or its analogues) is sold in the US, I'd appreciate that information. Igor -- 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.
