Please recommend the best product to attach a 12x18 photo to poster board. Thanks!
Spray adhesive made for that purpose!
I too use 3M Super 77, great stuff!
Agree 3M spray. Before spraying, make sure you've marked the location of the print on the board material. A Light spray coat on the print, then allow to dry a few mins. One may require a couple of extra hands in order to line up and apply the print onto the board.
Is 3M Super 77 considered to be an archival product and safe for photographs? I did a quick search for photo adhesives and found something that at least is described as a photo mounting material. Scotch Photo Mount spray. So many adhesives will bleed through photo paper and mounting board after a period of time that I would be reluctant to use something that doesn't represent itself to be archival.
However, one note on an Amazon product page says that it is not acid free.
https://www.amazon.com/MMM6094-Photo-Mount-Spray-Adhesive/dp/B00YR9E6PU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1547565942&sr=8-2&keywords=scotch+photo+mount+spray+adhesiveI come from a period when you had to use a dry mount method using a sheet of archival glue, a large heated press, and acid free mounting board to have a truly long term method of mounting free of unwanted side-effects. Just saying: beware of anything you spray on a photo if you want it to last a long time.
Gene51
Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)
3M Super 77. Never leave home without it. Err never not have it at home... Something like that. It is almost as useful as Duct Tape and Windex.
Gene51
Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)
TBerwick wrote:
Is 3M Super 77 considered to be an archival product and safe for photographs? I did a quick search for photo adhesives and found something that at least is described as a photo mounting material. Scotch Photo Mount spray. So many adhesives will bleed through photo paper and mounting board after a period of time that I would be reluctant to use something that doesn't represent itself to be archival.
However, one note on an Amazon product page says that it is not acid free.
https://www.amazon.com/MMM6094-Photo-Mount-Spray-Adhesive/dp/B00YR9E6PU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1547565942&sr=8-2&keywords=scotch+photo+mount+spray+adhesiveI come from a period when you had to use a dry mount method using a sheet of archival glue, a large heated press, and acid free mounting board to have a truly long term method of mounting free of unwanted side-effects. Just saying: beware of anything you spray on a photo if you want it to last a long time.
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I am not sure about Super 77, but I would think it isn't archival.
This isn't necessarily archival either, but I would trust it more than Super 77
https://www.bettymills.com/scotch-photo-mount-spray-adhesive-6094ADH16 Evasol, is a PVA-like glue, that has archival properties, and is reversible. It is often combined with rice starch or methyl cellulose for archival purposes.
https://www.conservationsupplies.co.nz/product/evasol-adh16/ Acid free materials are not necessarily archival. Acid free mat board definitely is not archival - the buffering chemicals used to bring the pH to 7 leach out over time, and will ruin acid- or alkaline-reactive artwork.
Most conservation mounting requires that the artwork can be removed (adhesive reversal) without damaging the work, and the boards that contact the work be naturally pH neutral. Poster board is not a suitable material for permanent mounting of artwork, and Super 77 will eventually attack the work.
I still have my Seal 350 Masterpiece dry mount press. Only relatively recently has an "archival" dry mount tissue been available, in that it is supposed to be reversible. I've tried several brands and none are easily reversible - so I don't agree with the notion that dry mounting is archival in any way.
These are good references:
https://www.breathingcolor.com/blog/matting-prints/http://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/mat.html
Thanks everyone for all the great info and links!
I've always used double sided archival tape made just for mounting photos...
Gene51 wrote:
I am not sure about Super 77, but I would think it isn't archival.
This isn't necessarily archival either, but I would trust it more than Super 77
https://www.bettymills.com/scotch-photo-mount-spray-adhesive-6094ADH16 Evasol, is a PVA-like glue, that has archival properties, and is reversible. It is often combined with rice starch or methyl cellulose for archival purposes.
https://www.conservationsupplies.co.nz/product/evasol-adh16/ Acid free materials are not necessarily archival. Acid free mat board definitely is not archival - the buffering chemicals used to bring the pH to 7 leach out over time, and will ruin acid- or alkaline-reactive artwork.
Most conservation mounting requires that the artwork can be removed (adhesive reversal) without damaging the work, and the boards that contact the work be naturally pH neutral. Poster board is not a suitable material for permanent mounting of artwork, and Super 77 will eventually attack the work.
I still have my Seal 350 Masterpiece dry mount press. Only relatively recently has an "archival" dry mount tissue been available, in that it is supposed to be reversible. I've tried several brands and none are easily reversible - so I don't agree with the notion that dry mounting is archival in any way.
These are good references:
https://www.breathingcolor.com/blog/matting-prints/http://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/mat.htmlI am not sure about Super 77, but I would think it... (
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According to 3M
"The photo-safe spray formula is easy to dispense and apply directly onto surfaces and materials where needed, with no soak-in or yellowing over time."
Just a note of caution about this. I had mounted some of my pictures (generally 8 1/2 X 11" prints) onto foam board, as a simple way to have pictures in my office. The reason for using foam board was that it would not warp over time with humidity changes, and that turned out to be correct. This material stays very flat.
However, by adhering the entire back of the prints to the foam board, I soon ran into a problem with the prints themselves. With very small changes in humidity the prints would expand and contract and because they were not free to move some of the prints would rumple and a few would rumple a lot. I had thought that I had adhered them pretty well over their entire back, but clearly this was either not the case or it did not matter.
So if i had to do it again I would have mounted the prints on foam board by simply adhering the top middle area of the print, and then secure all corners with those little adhesive corner tabs that you would use for pictures in a photo album. Then the prints could change size as the weather changes without being forced to warp.
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Just a note of caution about this. I had mounted some of my pictures (generally 8 1/2 X 11" prints) onto foam board, as a simple way to have pictures in my office. The reason for using foam board was that it would not warp over time with humidity changes, and that turned out to be correct. This material stays very flat.
However, by adhering the entire back of the prints to the foam board, I soon ran into a problem with the prints themselves. With very small changes in humidity the prints would expand and contract and because they were not free to move some of the prints would rumple and a few would rumple a lot. I had thought that I had adhered them pretty well over their entire back, but clearly this was either not the case or it did not matter.
So if i had to do it again I would have mounted the prints on foam board by simply adhering the top middle area of the print, and then secure all corners with those little adhesive corner tabs that you would use for pictures in a photo album. Then the prints could change size as the weather changes without being forced to warp.
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Or attach the top middle and hold the photo in place with the mat. Which brings up another point. When shooting and editing, keep the mat in mind.
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