diploma made out of sheep skin

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a customer brought in a diploma made out of sheep skin. the customer wants it dry mounted. do i dare?

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correct DO NOT DRYMOUNT....... you can destroy a sheepskin diploma using a dry mount press.

Hinging is the current approved method of mounting. And yes the parchment will cockle with changes in humidity and tempurature.
 
I found out once why you don't dry mount sheepskin. It comes out of the press about the size of a postage stamp! Like washing your wool sweater in extra-hot water, comes out small enough to put on your cat!
Hmmm...sheepskin/wool. Why don't sheep shrink when it rains on them on a very warm day??
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Yikkes! :eek:


Originally posted by Val:
I found out once why you don't dry mount sheepskin. It comes out of the press about the size of a postage stamp! Like washing your wool sweater in extra-hot water, comes out small enough to put on your cat!
Hmmm...sheepskin/wool. Why don't sheep shrink when it rains on them on a very warm day??
shrug.gif
 
Sheep aren't dried under great tension. When their
skin has been thinned and stretched and is dried
in that circumstance, it is highly reactive to
having moisture added or subtracted. Parchment
and vellum were largely abandoned, when paper reached Europe, but when they were in use, they
were kept in books with stout covers and strong
clasps that kept the skins under pressure. If you
must mat this material, hinging the entire perimeter may help. Strips of Japanese tissue
and be carefully attatched to the margins or
the skin and pulled out and attached to a robust
back mat. The strips can be invisibly pasted to
each other where they meet. You can also over mat
the edges of the skin and keep it in place with
folded paper edge supports.


Hugh
 
Wow! You sure know your sheep skin! Thanks for the education.

(a girl can learn a lot in here ;) )

Thanks Hugh!

-denise


Originally posted by preservator:
Sheep aren't dried under great tension. When their
skin has been thinned and stretched and is dried
in that circumstance, it is highly reactive to
having moisture added or subtracted. Parchment
and vellum were largely abandoned, when paper reached Europe, but when they were in use, they
were kept in books with stout covers and strong
clasps that kept the skins under pressure. If you
must mat this material, hinging the entire perimeter may help. Strips of Japanese tissue
and be carefully attatched to the margins or
the skin and pulled out and attached to a robust
back mat. The strips can be invisibly pasted to
each other where they meet. You can also over mat
the edges of the skin and keep it in place with
folded paper edge supports.


Hugh
 
Hugh, when they dry them sheep; do they first give them a nice rub-down, a few <strike>hits on the bong</strike>stiff drinks, and a nice lounge chair in the sun?
 
"hits on the bong"

Wow Baer! ;)

hee hee hee...

Originally posted by Baer Charlton:
Hugh, when they dry them sheep; do they first give them a nice rub-down, a few <strike>hits on the bong</strike>stiff drinks, and a nice lounge chair in the sun?
 
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