Float mounting a photograph
Posted: Wed 10 Jan, 2018 4:27 pm
Hi all, Happy New Year!
It’s been a while since I last posted but I have been busy framing and I have been continuingly reading old/new posts.
As a newbie I’m still cutting my teeth but actually very happy with the frames I have produced so far with all the ‘left-hand fence’ tweaks, upgrading from hand cutting glass to the brilliant Keencut 5000 and the fun of hand finishing.
I should say thank you for the many posts I have learnt so much from and I’m also grateful for various bits of kit I have bought from some of you.
I have a couple of questions I hope I can get a steer on?
I want to float mount a photograph which is printed on C-Type matt paper, the photograph is 440x335mm. I am then framing this in a deep moulding using hand made spaces made from formcore lined with mountcard. What would be the best mounting technique and indeed tape/adhesive as I’ve read that photographic paper can be/is problematic with tapes adhering to it correctly and I would have thought that I would need multiple hinges to keep the picture flat?
Another related question, again another photograph but how to shadow float mount it?
With this I would gather the photograph would need to be fixed to a stiffer board (I looked self adhesive boards from Arqadia but read all the pitfalls in previous threads), which would then be glued (ATG tape) to some 5mm foamboard this then fixed to the backing mountboard in a similar way…?
One more question, as Colombo would say – Glass advice, the best glass to use for the above. The extra depth to the frame and that the images are also fairly dark, I guess an anti-glare glass would be needed? What is the general preference on type/manufacturer?
Am I on the right track; is there anything I need to be aware of?
Thank you in advance
Rafe
It’s been a while since I last posted but I have been busy framing and I have been continuingly reading old/new posts.
As a newbie I’m still cutting my teeth but actually very happy with the frames I have produced so far with all the ‘left-hand fence’ tweaks, upgrading from hand cutting glass to the brilliant Keencut 5000 and the fun of hand finishing.
I should say thank you for the many posts I have learnt so much from and I’m also grateful for various bits of kit I have bought from some of you.
I have a couple of questions I hope I can get a steer on?
I want to float mount a photograph which is printed on C-Type matt paper, the photograph is 440x335mm. I am then framing this in a deep moulding using hand made spaces made from formcore lined with mountcard. What would be the best mounting technique and indeed tape/adhesive as I’ve read that photographic paper can be/is problematic with tapes adhering to it correctly and I would have thought that I would need multiple hinges to keep the picture flat?
Another related question, again another photograph but how to shadow float mount it?
With this I would gather the photograph would need to be fixed to a stiffer board (I looked self adhesive boards from Arqadia but read all the pitfalls in previous threads), which would then be glued (ATG tape) to some 5mm foamboard this then fixed to the backing mountboard in a similar way…?
One more question, as Colombo would say – Glass advice, the best glass to use for the above. The extra depth to the frame and that the images are also fairly dark, I guess an anti-glare glass would be needed? What is the general preference on type/manufacturer?
Am I on the right track; is there anything I need to be aware of?
Thank you in advance
Rafe