Question floating mount

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Please accept my apologise if i ask anything stupid. it is because i am a novice and just frame for myself as a hobby.would you use truvue to mount a photo on a pedestal /floating mount or another product?
 
There are no stupid questions, Trix... only the ones you should have asked but didn't before doing something you shouldn't! ;)

I don't use "vacuglue" so I can't comment on it.

If I understand your project correctly, I'd normally dry mount the photo to foam core board cut about 1/8-1/4" smaller than the photo or bevel the cuts on the foam core. Then adhere the foam core to the backer using a good white glue. Cover the photo for protection and then weight lightly.

If you don't have a drymount press available to you you could use 3M Photomount spray adhesive.
 
There are no archival spray adhesives. Vacu-glue would not be considered an archival treatment but is neutral. Tell us exactly what you are mounting and what is your desired outcome. Are you trying to use something that will keep the piece in good condition but not in its original conditional as archival would suggest.
 
Yeah, Trix...give us a bit more information. For instance the photospray adhesive is acid free and non-staining but not reversible.
 
"Archival" is a popular term referring to the treatment of valuables, but it has no clear meaning in framing.

If you want a mounting method that woud be stable and endure for a long time, then dry mounting using a heat activated adhesive would be the most popular choice. Generally, spray adhesives deteriorate over time, and the bond would eventually fail.

If you want to preserve the item in its original condition, use a mounting method that is reversible, such as hinges or edge supports. If the photo has been wrinkled rolled, or otherwise damaged, then perhaps a permanent mount would make a better presentation of it, but please understand that it could not be easily reversed.
 
i would like to frame some photos that i printed on a high epson printer using epson ultrasmooth paper, which has a matte finish and a thick watercolor paper quality. i would like to preserve them but the hinging method using some type of starch glue that i have to heat in a double boiler seems a little daunting.
 
Here is the philosophy around conservation and archival treatments. You are the artist or photographer so the original piece of art is exactly what you decide to make it. Ansel Adams mounted his photos on illustration board (low grade item vs. cotton rag boards) then mounted them with MT5 or its equivelent and signed the board and not the photos. These photos are worth hundreds of thousands if the framing process allowed for them to be returned to the original condition in which the photographer produced them.

Mounting them with Vacu-glue to 8 or 12 ply rag would be perfectly acceptable for their longevity. Now the manner in which you float mount the completed piece of art should allow for the mounted photo to be returned to a finished piece of art (photo on rag board) with no defects or harm caused to any of its surfaces.
 
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