Mounting leaflets, booklets, brochures

[Framie]

Hi all, new member here first time writing but have been about many times reading all the great info posted, thank you all.

I have a big job which I’ve never came across before, it's for a big printing specialist showing off all there printing samples from big name companies.

The problem I have is mounting all the leaflets, booklets, brochures and posters which are all going on to full size board (1200 x815mm.

I was wondering if this is something I could get done on a hot press with laminating over the top to keep all in place?

Hopeful I have posted a few photos with the attacment tool.

I have 6 different ones of these to do.

Thank you for any advice.

[Framie]

[prospero]

Hi and Welcome Framie.

All the leaflets are essentially disposable items. Therefore you don't have to be too concerned about conservation. As there are so many elements of different sizes, you could go for the 'informal' look. Spread them all on the mounting board and arrange then until you get a pleasing design. Almost as if they were on a notice board. Worth taking a bit of time to do this.
They don't have to be square and some could overlap slightly. They don't have to lay flat. When you have an arrangement that looks good, just lift them one by one and stick them down with small pieces of double-stick tape and a dab of PVA glue. Heatsealing IMHO would alter the look of the pieces too much.
Basically, you are float-mounting each item. If you put a generous spacer under the glass it would not flatten the design. Some of the stapled booklets would maybe need the pages sticking together in places so they don't flop open. The aim would be to hold each piece in place so they don't move without restricting the edges too much. Almost as if they had been spread on a desk in a random pattern, but one that has a pleasing compostion.
You would be essentially destroying each item in displaying then this way. But this is one of those cases where it really doesn't matter. I'm sure the printer will have reference copies in a filling cabinet somewhere. Not sure if your customer will go for this idea. In any case, I would try and persuade them to have UV glass. A bunch of faded brochures framed on the wall would not enhance their reputation.

[Framie]

Thank you for your reply Prospero.

I did wonder if heatsealing would alter the look of the pieces which I don’t want as we are using Waterwhite glass (not UV £££).

I did suggest sticking it all down and sticking the pages together so they don't open but the customer but he wasn't too keen on that idea but I think it maybe it’s the only way.

The only problem with sticking down is that some booklets are pretty thick and heavy and only paper back and worried that they will slip or rip off over the years.

Is there a better board I should use to stick to other than then paper faced mountboard which may pull off with weight?

I did cross my mind to make little foam board shelf’s to help hold the heavy stuff in place for the years to come.

Conservation is not an issue and as customer said I can get more copies if needed and no reversing will be need in the future. Just putting in the bin and replaced with up to date stuff.

For glass wise I guess I should be using 3mm at the size of 1200x815mm? not the 2mm waterwhite I ordered in.

Not sure about the UV as these are already working out to a pretty penny and he wants 7 all together, we already going with waterwhite but I guess it won’t hurt to give a price with UV Waterwhite to.

Thank you for your time, it is appreciated.

[prospero]

If you are worried about the weight of some books I would suggest using a Mylar strap looped though slots in the mountboard. You would have to cut matching slots in the back few pages on the books. You could still use ds tape in small squares to hold the edges in place, but the main weight would be taken up by the strap. If you haven't any Mylar handy, then you could improvise with something as strong but not necessarily archival.

Std thick mountboard should be OK on the lighter items. If you are worried about the whole sheet sagging under the combined weight, stick two boards together.

2mm glass is fine that size. 3mm would add a lot of weight, so meatier frame needed - more expense.

[Framie]

Excellent, thank you, so I think will go with a combernation of double-sided tape, PVA and mylar straping on the heaver items if I can find some. Sticking 2 boards together sounds good idea and 2mm glass would save on alot of cost.

I'm making handfinished Cherry wood frames for this project so the cost is high already.

Thank you for your help, gonna go have a little play now

[Nigel Nobody]

If these are disposable items, as others have said the method of mounting is probably not important. Gluing every page of each book will be time consuming. To save time, the front page could be opened and several staples could be driven through the book, through the mat they are mounted on and into a solid backing. Then a few drops of PVA inside the cover to hold it down.

If they don't want the items damaged in any way it will be time consuming and costly to mount them with full reversibility. Mylar would then be a great option.