[alt-photo] Re: Best Method for Bonding Paper to Aluminum and Similar Rigid Surfaces

[Keith Gerling]

I leave many of mine permanently on aluminum.  In the unlikely chance that I
actually SELL something, I remove it and drymount it onto matte board.  But
as the matte board is
more expensive, I prefer the aluminum!

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Francesco Fragomeni
<fdfragomeni at gmail.com>wrote:

> Jalo,
>
> So your prints are permanently bonded to the aluminum? I spoke with a
> gallerist who prepared some Irving Penn prints from the Workers series for
> a
> big purchase or auction last year and he said that they were still on the
> aluminum. From what I understand, Penn used a few bonding techniques
> eventually settling on using a drymount press. Apparently many of his
> legendary images are permanently on aluminum backing.
> -Francesco
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Vedos Projekti <vedos at samk.fi> wrote:
>
> > I agree, a drymount press is the way to go... I don't have access to one,
> I
> > have been using PVAc glue, and I don't remove the print from the aluminum
> > sheet.
> >
> > -Jalo
> >
> >
> > -- If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be --
> >
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> > From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org [
> > alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf Of
> Loris
> > Medici [mail at loris.medici.name]
> > Sent: 02 September 2011 01:30
> > To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list
> > Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Best Method for Bonding Paper to Aluminum and
> > Similar Rigid Surfaces
> >
> >  Francesco welcome,
> >
> > If you have access to a drymount press and Bienfang Fusion 4000
> > drymount tissue (or something similar that works the same way...)
> > that's the way to go!
> >
> > See this article:
> > http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/3CG2/3cg2.html
> >
> > I think someone else already mentioned this product (Fusion 4000) on
> APUG.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Loris.
> >
> >
> > 2011/9/1 Francesco Fragomeni <fdfragomeni at gmail.com>:
> > > Hi all. I'll be working with some multiple printing techniques coming
> up
> > > soon and I wondering what the best methods are for gluing paper to
> > aluminum
> > > sheet (or perspex or acrylic sheet and other rigid surfaces). I posted
> > this
> > > question on APUG.org and a member messaged me and recommended that I
> join
> > > this group and ask here. I've also searched the group archives but
> > haven't
> > > been unable to find much in detail on this (addmitedly I'm not familiar
> > with
> > > searching list archives).
> > > ...
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