Bit of a late reply, apologies...I’m a newbie and also a papercut artist. I tend to cut A lot of really thin intricate designs (Line work). One that I do In A3, the bough of a tree, the thinner branches are only 1mm wide so they are too narrow to glue without seeing the dot, plus it’s only 90gsm paper and quite fragile so I use 1 sheet of 500 micron Clear View acrylic with the cut between that and the mountboard, the cut has a few glue dots just to tack it in place, then the mount on top. I have “Glass sandwiched” them too before now, only needs a few dots just to tack the work in place as the glass keeps it flat. Commonly, without using acrylic, its mini dots of neutral ph adhesive, generally a cocktail stick ( I use an awl) dipped in the glue, dabbed on the back of the work which is centred, paperweight on it, lifted and “Glue dotted” from the centre outwards in stages towards the edge. An inch or so at a time that you let rest back down and lightly touch the work to make sure the glue just touches the backing, I generally mount directly on to Arqadia mount board. I tend not to want any static on the acrylic as it only keeps the work flat and the static will almost pull dust and bits from the moon generally so I peel both sides, run the shower over it for 20 seconds, this kills the static completely, then wipe the droplets off with some damp toilet tissue or kitchen roll (so it doesn’t scratch or leave watermarks).
Question: Just a thought, if I sandwich between two sheets of glass (although a least preferred method) is there any gain by running a bead of glue all around the join at the outside edge of the glass to seal it so air etc can’t get between the glass sheets...or not?
Dave
