Mounting Paper To Photo Mat

Mats are great with photos posters fine art prints diplomas or watercolors.

Mounting paper to photo mat. Mat board center 8x10 for 5x7 assorted color mats acid free 4 ply thickness white core for pictures photos. If you choose to mount the photograph to a back board without a window mat then the print should be attached in such a way that the adhesive does not show for example with dry mount tissue or folded hinges. But for canvas art mats don t work. Price from 7.

One way to mount your photograph is to use acid free hinging tape or tissue such as lineco self adhesive hinging tissue to attach the image directly to the mat. Hinging photograph to mat. Picture matting mounting materials. 1 the print is completely adhered to the board using the dry mount process 2 the print is held in place on the board with photo corners and 3 the print is held into place at points with hinge mounts.

Instead add a linen liner to create the same transition from art to frame that mats do for pictures on paper. White picture mats with core bevel cut frame mattes for pictures pack of 12 703. You can also attach photo strips or corners on the back of the mat more detail in non adhesive methods and slide in your art work if you choose. There are three main techniques.

The most simple adhesive method to attach the art to the mat is to simply attach a few strips of tape across the back of the art and matboard. Remember to only tape the top edge. The advantage of this method is that the image will stay centered under the picture mat opening so you do not need to hinge the mat to the mount board.