dry mounting board

eddie · Post by **eddie** » Fri 04 Jan, 2008 4:49 pm

hello

can anybody tell me the best dry mounting board for my new 260 hotpress plus backing board

Roboframer · Post by **Roboframer** » Sat 05 Jan, 2008 1:21 am

Well you can do it in one (mounting/backing board) with artcare restore - heat activated adhesive on a 5mm foamboard - reversible and protective -it may not be cheap but may compare well with the cost of the two boards it replaces and the time it saves - one board less to cut.

I believe there are similar boards too - i.e. foamboard with heat activated adhesive 'Speedmount'? But without the protection of 'artcare' or the reversibilty.

Restore is all I use so I ain't no thority!

Moglet · Post by **Moglet** » Sat 05 Jan, 2008 1:52 am

Fáilte, Eddie!

There are a variety of boards that you can use for dry mounting, either with or without a hot press (ArtCare Restore being the only archival, reversible product of which I know), e.g:

Heat Mounting - In conjunction with dry mount tissue:

- regular 1400 micron mountboard
- 3mm/5mm foamcore (smoother than mountboard, but still a bit "orange-peelish." (Some foamcore products have kraft-coloured backing, btw).

Note: Pete Bingham also advocates a technique using PVA as an adhesive rather than DM Tissue, but I'm flaky on the details so can't comment on a technique of which I have no experience.

- Artcare Restore (per John's earlier post).

Cold Mounting

There are a variety of self-adhesive boards, either mountboard-based or foamcore-based, which you can also use to dry mount work. The bond can be activated at minimum using a brayer roller, and some suppliers have boards for which they recommend for use in a cool vacuum press (e.g. Arqadia Fastmount Permanent range).

Have a chat with your main suppliers, and they should be able to advise you further. Also, AMD and Sisslings run press training courses in conjunction with HotPress. I've not been to one yet, but I hear that they're well worth attending, and to the best of my knowledge, they're free!

WelshFramer · Post by **WelshFramer** » Sat 05 Jan, 2008 11:07 am

Hot Press Poster Board is good. It's very dense and smooth and could, I imagine, easily be used without a further backing board.

I was sceptical as to whether it was worth the money till I tried it. Now I use it quite a lot.

It's difficult to cut with a scalpel and I wouldn't want to try it with my mount cutter. A board cutter or Stanley knife works fine, though.

Moglet · Post by **Moglet** » Sat 05 Jan, 2008 2:58 pm

Mike, where do you source the poster board from? I'd be very interested in trying it out.

WelshFramer · Post by **WelshFramer** » Sat 05 Jan, 2008 3:56 pm

Moglet wrote:Mike, where do you source the poster board from? I'd be very interested in trying it out.

It's a Hot Press product. I was going to give you a URL for the relevant page but either their website doesn't work or it just doesn't work with a Mac. Anyway, you can download a pdf catalogue and this page:

http://www.hotpress.co.uk/Productmenu.htm

and there's a price list link on the same page.

If you contact Hot Press they should send you a sample but I don't think they're too keen on retail orders.

I buy it from DPS Business (http://www.dpsb.co.uk) as they give me a discount on the Hot Press price. You won't find it on their website but email Gary (gcrawley@dpsb.co.uk) and ask him for quote. I don't know if it will help if you mention my name (Mike Cotterell at Neuadd Bwll Framing) but it won't do any harm.

Moglet · Post by **Moglet** » Sat 05 Jan, 2008 4:15 pm

Cheers for the info, Mike!