How To Mount A Photo On Mat Board?
by admin on Aug.18, 2009, under Main Site
What is the best (and most inexpensive) way to professionally mount a photo on MAT board?
This is for a photo competition. Last year I used spray glue and it didn’t work very well, and bled through in some spots.
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August 18th, 2009 on 10:46 pm
Spray mounting works very well. My guess is you over sprayed in some areas… the key is to get a nice even coat. Lay your photo flat on a table (make sure you use news paper or a garbage bag to prevent a very sticky mess), spray evenly from about a foot away (just one coat will usually do the trick), then stick it on to the matte board by sliding your hand across the image.
Fotoace is right… the other option is to dry mount… the best part is that it won’t make a mess, but if you don’t have access to a dry mount then you’re out of luck.
August 19th, 2009 on 1:07 am
Dry mounting is the most permanent solution, but some people don’t like that approach and insist that the only acceptable solution is one that is totally reversible. A bigger concern is that it requires a dry mount press, something that most people don’t have or have access to.
Spray mounting works fine on smaller prints if it is done well and carefully. There is a risk of failure on large prints – over time, the print will want to curl, and eventually the stress can cause the edges of the print to lift. Actually, that problem can be solved by overmatting.
The simplest solution is to hinge-mount the print and then apply an overmat. I don’t recommend ‘photo corners’ – they would work fine if the final product is framed, but if there is no frame to hold things together, it is possible for the print to come out of the corners as a consequence of rough handling.
August 19th, 2009 on 2:39 am
Use a double matte. Cut a matte board and mount your photo in the opening using acid free photo corners and then back it with another matte board attached a the top with archival, acid free tape.
The other way requires you to use a dry mount press and dry mount tissue.