Hi Richard. I dry mount. Also I encourage the practice among my students
(a number of whom are **younger**!).Any details you can offer would be
greatly appreciated!
Mike Healy
On 3/11/2021 4:03 PM, `Richard Knoppow wrote:
I have many dry mounted prints older than this. All are sold. I think the technique of dry mounting is very important. At some point I wrote a procedure, not sure I ever posted it anywhere. It was back in the Usenet days.
I have mounted both fiber and RC prints with equal success. Its important to dry and flatten fiber prints before mounting them. Also, the technique Kodak taught in their old books is plain wrong.
If anyone is interested I will do into detail but am not sure how much dry mounting is done these days.
FWIW the method of drying and flattening using the dry mount press works very well for using mounting hinges.
On 3/11/2021 2:25 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote:
I had a dry mounted print framed similarly. After about 15 yrs, it developed several slightly raised bubbles, I assume due to different expansion/contraction rates & possibly the top layer of the mounting board pulling away from its substrate. Hinged mount would have been better imo, especially since there's no way to fix the permanent dry mount I had used.
On Wed, Mar 10, 2021, 12:46 AM Russ Gorman <russgorman@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:russgorman@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Janet,
I have two dry-mounted silver fiber prints hanging in my
bathroom.
Aluminum foil across the back of the mount board and
wrapped around the edge of the front mat (kept in place
with tape optionally) then placed in aluminum frames with
glazing. You can sprinkle dessicant in behind the bottom of
the print if you want but I didn't do that with these.(or I
guess you could place small pack in back of frame.) You can
also glue a second seal of paper across the back of the
frame if you think you need better protection.
I have had prints in my bathroom for about 6 years now with
no ill effects.
On Mar 8, 2021, at 6:44 PM, Janet Gable Cull
<janetgcull@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:janetgcull@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I would like to frame and hang a black-and-white print in
the bathroom but it gets pretty steamy in there. Is there
a way to frame a print so that moisture doesn't get
between the glass? Thanks!
Janet Gable Cull
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