Poster Mountain

We get a lot of questions about dry mounting, so I'm going to address the topic as best I can. Keep in mind Poster Mountain does not offer this service, so the information you're getting here is the result of experience-based speculation and some internet research. So here we go. Compared with linen backing, paper backing, or the gelatin process (all of which we offer,) dry mounting is inexpensive. You can do it yourself at home or you can have your framer do it. Dry mounting involves fusing your print or poster to a sturdy backing with dry mount paper or spray mount adhesive. The dry mount paper goes between the backing and the print, and it's fused using either a heat press or a standard fabric iron. The backing can be a sheet of wood, plastic, foam core, or cardboard. HERE'S THE BIG DRAWBACK: Dry mounting is technically irreversible. You cannot undo it, although WE usually can. Once the print is on there, you are not getting it

                            Welcome back to the blog! The holiday nonsense is officially over and it's time to get back to business. We're going to start off with a tiny post about a large Lichtenstein silkscreen. This was a very simple and routine de-hinging project. The piece had been in a frame and was therefore hinged to a foamcore backing. This means there were two undesirable pieces of water soluble gummed tape on the back of the art.    John begins by running a sharpened metal spatula underneath the print to cut the tape from the foamcore backing. Here you can see the gummed tape on the back. John and Gabe flip the piece over. Notice the white cotton gloves. These keep the bright white paper safe from smudges. Melissa clears the remnants of foamcore from the tape before getting down to business. She massages a solution of water and cellulose into the tape in order to loosen up the gum. She then carefully edges her palette knife under