Question Suggestions wanted: Ultrasound mounting?

[Cavalier]

A customer just came in with 19 ultrasounds of his daughter (the 20th is a photo of her.) I'm a little nervous about mounting them with heat or spray mount (the paper looks thermal, but I don't want to spray mount them either.) I told him I'd find out if there's a way to mount them; if there isn't, we will hinge them with filmoplast. He's fine if we can't, but I wanted to know if anyone has had any experiences with these and what has been done.

Thanks!

 

[janetj1968]

Honestly...the last ones I saw looked like they were on thermal paper.

I'd scan them first, just to be on the safe side.

 

[DanGray]

If they are thermal, they will not last long. I would scan them and frame the scans. Heat will cause themn to fade faster.

I scanned our daughters so we would have them for a long time.

 

[Jay H]

It looks like thermal paper to me also. I googled "Ultrasound thermal paper" and there are several sources for it. I've framed thermal tickets that turned black in an office building hallway. I'd be careful framing that.

 

[Bob Doyle]

I scanned our daughters so we would have them for a long time.

LOL

 

[Cavalier]

Bob: I do that on Facebook all the time; my family calls me the Grammar Nazi.

What I think we'll do is scan the originals, output them onto high-quality paper, and mount those instead, including the originals in an archival, light-safe envelope on back.

Thanks for the input!

 

[Shayla]

Plus if they have that scan on disc, they can
then do cool things like make screensavers.

 

[Jay H]

I did a pop art piece out of one once. I wouldn't normally but this one had a perfect profile of the baby's face. It turned out well.

 

[CB Art & Framing]

Build a shadow box and light from the back.

 

[Shayla]

CB, have you ever done that? It's the kind of
thing I'd imagine would look great, but previous
discussions here have suggested that would
darken or fade the image in a fairly short time.

 

[DanGray]

LOL

Sorry for that I had just gotten home from the hospital after a procedure and was still a bit drugged.
Guess I should have waited till I was back to normal.

 

[CB Art & Framing]

Shayla, I've done it with Xrays. Looked great. i'll tried post a pic. Not sure about ultrasound and longevity. I think you could possibly have transparency copies made. Kinkos used to do it.