Digital BW, The Print

Dear Paul,

Crescent makes a self adhesive mounting board, this many work for you, or not. You can get it at Blick Art Supples:

http://www.dickblick.com/products/crescent-perfect-mount-self-adhesive-mounting-board/#description

I think that Marrutt also has a similar product.

I have seen a felt bladed squeegee that is used to burnish down the print on self-adhesive cards/boards etc.

Cheers



> On 03 Sep 2016, at 11:17 PM, Paul Roark roark.paul@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> First, the question: Â 
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> Does anyone have any experience with using a solvent based acrylic adhesive to glue down canvas?​
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> The background:Â 
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> I think ​I have found a canvas that does most of what I want -- Innova Photo Canvas Ultra Gloss.  (Thank you Mark McCarvill.)  It still has some annoying highlights from spot lighting.  However, I just tested some in the gallery, and it seems to work well there as well as in home and office environments.
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> It has a very high dmax as long as the glint of the canvas surface does not unduly pick up spotlights.
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> Of particular note, profiles for Innova F-Type glossy (letter size) paper seem to be directly transferable to the canvas without even re-linearizing.  That saves a lot of work and canvas.
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> I spray the Innova canvas with solvent based Premier Art Print Shield.  That makes it waterproof.  This is easy in a well ventilated location.  (Wear goggles, & don't breath it.)
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> The matte canvas I was producing (only as "artist proofs" -- and they did sell well), is just too fragile to use without a thick water-based coating.  I do not believe most individual photographers/printers are going to be happy dealing with water based coatings.  I'm not.  I could farm it all out, but that's not my style.
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> I also am not going to deal with water-based adhesives or gator board.  Water causes canvas to shrink, and gator board is not acid free.
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> Currently, my plans are to glue the canvas down to acid free foam core. Â 3M spray 77 works well, but the overspray might be a problem.
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> Thus the question about experience with using a solvent based acrylic adhesive to glue down canvas.  These adhesives seem to be the state of the art for may uses, but I'm not finding them discussed for what I'm proposing. 
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> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
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