Searching For What is this stuff?

[Jerry Ervin]

I am seeing a lot of photos mounted by the photographer or their lab that is on something that appears to be Sintra at first look. It is actually compressed paper with an outer layer that is glossy and slick feeling.

The mounted photos are supper smooth with no orange peel and the board is quite rigid.

I have searched the Internet and I come up with nothing.

I have seen both white and black of this product.

Any ideas?

 

[Bob Doyle]

acid free mdf?

 

[Jerry Ervin]

acid free mdf?

Paper Bob, not sawdust and glue.

 

[Bob Doyle]

maybe they're getting the warped crescent rag mats that have been returned? ground down and , oh wait you said rigid, not floppy

Betcha dollars to donuts that that stuff'll off gas, leach acid or otherwise reek havoc once it gets sealed into one of our hermetically sealed conservative framing packages! Probably live forever in a cheap readymade with no fading or damage to the photo, but framed properly and it'll ruin everything.

in other words i have no clue what their using. But that hasn't stopped me from voicing an opinion before!

 

[Garnetta]

I get my photography mounted to Styrene Board - Styrene is a plastic mounting board 2mm thick. Maybe that's what it is.

 

[DVieau2]

White House Custom Color is one of the biggest Color Labs for photographers.

Here is their page about mounting services:

http://tinyurl.com/dk6rcc

Doug

 

[Paul N]

I also believe it's Styrene.

Photographer neighbor brought pictures a few weeks ago and they seemed to be mounted on what you described.

 

[Jerry Ervin]

Thanks for the hints!

Searching around this morning, the product looks like it is made by a company named Coda. This may be what I'm looking for.

It comes pre-adhesived, and ready to use. Unlike Sintra that needs a wet glue process.

I can say this, the stuff ain't cheap.