What ever happened to Dry Mount Presses? 15 years ago they were still too expensive for me to buy a used 20-24" model. Did they stop making the wax on both side paper they used? Did everyone throw away their tacking irons with the teflon coating?
I know from experience that they are not permanent, though I still have the prints from my final exam show in 1970. Last time I looked at them, and many of the other prints I mounted in the late 60s and early 70s, few were starting to curl at the edges 40 years later. Anyone still use one? On Jun 27, 2012, at 00:30 , David Mann wrote: > On Jun 27, 2012, at 5:08 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > >> 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) > > I used to frame my own pictures but gave up in the end because it was fiddly > and some materials were hard to find - especially the mouldings where I had > to deal with warped "seconds" unless I wanted to buy about a mile of a single > style. > > I'd have just about killed for foam board with a self-adhesive surface as > long as it gave you plenty of working time before it set. But I've never > even heard of the stuff until now. I just used standard foam core. > > I started out using photo-mounting "dots" sold by stationery stores but they > didn't hold the print flat so you could see the waviness under certain > lighting conditions. I'm too fussy to put up with that. > > I then tried acid-free glue but you could see where the lines of glue were > and it started to set very quickly so any attempt to spread it resulted in a > messy disaster. > > Eventually I found a product called Rollataq which has a hand-held roller > where the handle is filled with glue. My local art supplies shop was able to > order one for me. > > http://www.daige.com/rollataq.htm > > It's designed to spread the glue uniformly over the whole surface and you > have a few minutes to get everything positioned before it starts to set. It > worked very well and I had plenty of time to position the print. > > Once the print was in place I'd add the mat, run a soft roller over the print > to deal with any air bubbles, then put the mat cutout over the photo to > protect it. Then I'd put a sheet of MDF (particle board) over the top to > keep everything flat while the glue sets. > > I don't know what the motorised version costs but it would definitely be > better. The only trouble with this stuff is that you need to use it fairly > regularly. If it dries out in the roller you have an epic cleanup job. > > BTW with the Rollataq device I always applied the glue to the foam board. If > you glue right to the edge of the photo and the photo slips... you'll get > glue on the front as some will have got onto the working surface. I should > have experimented with leaving a margin. > > I might leave my glass cutting and dust busting adventures for another day :) > > Cheers, > Dave > > > -- > 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. It's not that life is too short, it's that you're dead for so long...... — Anon Joseph McAllister [email protected] -- 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.
