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Title: 30x40 print mounting
Post by: Craig Murphy on August 10, 2011, 03:55:13 pm

Anyone seeing any problem with mounting 30x40 Epson Lustre prints to 3/16" Gatorboard with dry mount tissue? I have a vacu-press.   They will be framed with a standard metal frame.  No glass.  Its for a one time art show.  Suggestions on a dry mount tissue?  Not a lot to choose from at 30" it seems.   

Title: Re: 30x40 print mounting
Post by: Costas C on August 11, 2011, 03:23:34 pm

I've never had any trouble.  I'd suggest Encore Fusion 4000.  Another option is Drytac Trimount.  Both come in rolls that would easily accommodate a 30x40" print. 

Make sure you weight the print/gatorboard combo down with a sheet of glass or something similar to prevent bowing as it cools down. 

Title: Re: 30x40 print mounting
Post by: Paul2660 on August 11, 2011, 06:41:52 pm

Also consider ragmount by Bienfang.  I have used this many times on gator.  For some reason the black gator works better for me.  Ragmount is just a bit heavier weight and adds a nice layer between the gator and print.

Paul

Title: Re: 30x40 print mounting
Post by: Craig Murphy on August 15, 2011, 01:44:36 pm

Thanks for the suggestions.  I also found Pro-mount from PrintMount.com    http://www.printmount.com/tissue.htm

Title: Re: 30x40 print mounting
Post by: langier on August 17, 2011, 12:23:08 pm

Doing both canvas and Luster up to 40x60 on heat-activated foamboard. Do a search on Google to find it, but not having to deal with sheets of tissue in mounting large prints makes finishing a breeze!

The heat-activated board we're using is low temp, so it takes a few minutes in the press to get a good tack. Even running the larger images in sections with this board is a pleasure, though it takes some time to do a piece this large.

Title: Re: 30x40 print mounting
Post by: shewhorn on August 19, 2011, 04:09:14 pm

I'm using KoolTack. Was using RagMount before but the KoolTack has a fraction of the dwell time of everything else. 30 seconds once the press has reached full pressure and you're done and the temp is 150-160º vs. 180-190 for RagMount. You'll have to buy a case of the stuff to use it though, it's not a separately sold adhesive, it's sprayed on to the foam core itself (which is REALLY nice). They use Artcare Archival for the foam board (which I prefer over Gator, this is what I'm using in my lab for mounted prints).

Cheers, Joe

Title: Re: 30x40 print mounting
Post by: Wayne Fox on August 19, 2011, 04:46:12 pm

we use kooltac foam core but for gator we often use a product called polymount, which is basically a thin plastic that melts.  We get it from CMI moulding although they don't show it in their online database, but it works very well, better than mounting tissues.