Bernadette. Im not volunteering,you are too far away ! However. Our cold roller mounting machine accommodates material up to 50mm thick ,by selecting the correct adhesive used to mount the picture no imperfections "Should" be visable. When mounting onto a hard smooth surface a thick carrier born adhesive is used to reduce the chance of airborn debris, that gets trapped under the print whilst mounting, from making itself visable,in theory. The Adhesive comes in rolls , feed the mount material through the rollers which apply the adhesive ,peel back the silicon release paper, place print in position and feed through the rubber rollers,job done The surface of a photographic print will retain it natural high gloss as there is no heat involved and no interface between it and a heated platten. Its just squeezed between two rubber rollers. Actually you could probably do with an old fashioned mangle off a washing machine,Its the same technology , just costs a lot more.
Regards Michael Wilkinson. 106 Holyhead Rd, Ketley, Telford, Shropshire. England TF1 5DJ 44 (0) 1952 618986. www.infocus-photography.co.uk For Negatives & transparencies from digital files ----- Original Message Subject: [PRODIG] Mounting digital prints on aluminium > I spoke to A Bliss in London, who specialise in mounting and they wouldn't > commit themselves 100% that they could get a mirror finish dry mounting a > digitally processed Fuji paper on aluminium either, but they seemed fairly > confident. > > I spoke to the proprietor John Jones, yesterday evening and explained to him > my concerns, and he did say that it would never be perfect, also, under the > circumstances aluminium is the best for an 'archival mount'. Archival > quality is a major consideration with any materials that I use because of > the market I am in, and this print is part of a limited edition. I think > foam board as some have mentioned would be out of the question. > ____ > > Use a proper good quality dry mounting press with double strength dry > mounting film (not tissue) We have both and might be prepared to part > with same for silver!! > _______ > > I am curious about the use of mounting film, is that also referred to as > 'tranny film'. My framing consultant mentioned that 'tranny film' could be > used, but he said I would encounter the same problem because my print was > digitally processed. > > Thank you for your feedback > > Bernadette Feely =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
