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Hi

Any suggestions for a backing board to mount photographs ,i am aware of Dibond but customer wants a ( card) that stays flat .
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I generally use a good quality conservation mount board if the photo is not a gloss finish. Gloss finished photos are best not dry mounted onto card.
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Depends on the size of the photo. But 2.4mm mountboard is as good as anything (mount to the back side).
Sometimes using two layers of 1.4mm board can help with bending on bigger work - it you get it flat while it cools.

There is no dead smooth cardboard and depending on how glossy the photo you will get a certain amount of
'orange peel' effect. I've never used aluminium substrates but I gather it's the only way with really hi-gloss prints.
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If I'm vacuum dry mounting, I either use 2mm display board from Wessex or 3mm/5mm foamboard. (Put it under weight straight away til it cools to prevent bending as it cools).
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I use the permanent fastmount boards from arqadia, I'm not sure how thick you want your boards though.
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Thanks for all your reply's :clap:
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Aluminium, DiBond, acrylic, or even glass - when used with an optically clear mounting adhesive (Facemount from Drytac), will allow you to mount gloss prints without orange peel (unless the core of the photopaper is citrus like). Kapamount from 3A Composites has a remarkably smooth surface, and can be cut easily, isn't a static monster, and is not quite as fragile as glass.
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I've got various pieces of acrylic which I ended up with when I bought up various bits of equipment and stock from a framers that was closing down. It had crossed my mind that maybe acrylic would be o'k. for mounting glossy photographs, but I never needed to do it, so I don't know if it would be a good idea, or not.
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Tried mounting to acrylic. Doesn't stick all that well. :?


There is a method that involves bonding acrylic to the face of the image. Good idea in principle, but from
what I know it's a tricky process and needs a very clean working area.
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I'm not much surprised to hear that, it makes a lot of sense.
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Facemount absolutely will adhere to clean acrylic, and if the print is on something like Fuji Flex (or other polyester based papers), will create a permanent bond, as they are both high energy materials. But, acrylic is a static monster, so work space needs to be incredibly clean.
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Just to clarify, I meant that using acrylic in place of the board and sticking back-to-board doesn't stick very well. :)

At least it didn't when I tried it (using drymount film)
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