Mounting Boards

[Tracey McGovern]

Hi
Does anyone know where the best place is to get mounting boards from?
Best Wishes
Tracey

[John]

We still like the Jessops ones best and they seem to still be available on the website.

www.jessops.com

Otherwise, ask Sue Boon, who knows where to get boards from locally.

[Brian Wilcox]

Tracey,
Warrington Framing Co. Winstanley Ind. Estate, Long Lane (A50), Warrington WA2 8PR ( 01925 415795). I used to pick up my mounting & backing board from there when I was in & around the Warrington area. If I remember rightly you'll get four 20" x 16" pieces out of one large board at a cost of approx. 90p i'sh (might have gone up a bit since I was last there) for a 20 x 16. It's quite easy to find.......from Bolton, M62 exit at Junc.9 and turn left onto A49 Newton Rd/Winnick Rd. At 2nd roundabout turn left onto A50 Long Lane. After 3/400 yards there is a mill on your right hand side.........you're there, small parking area in front.
Hope that helps.
Brian

[keith richardson]

Hi Tracey,
Another option I usually go for is the Colourmount boards from the Range shops, (in Wigan or Bolton), that are £1.99 for an A1 size sheet. That gives you 2 boards at 16 x 20 in a big choice of colours and finishes.

keith.

[Andrew Shepherd]

Hi everyone

Are these any good: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mount-Backing-Boa ... 240%3A1318 ?

£18 for 25 (he also does 1.4mm which I'm getting a price for).

Also, I then plan to have the image printed 20x16 and to glue it to the board, using a spray mount fix. Would this do the trick?

Regards

Andrew

[John]

It's essential to use Photo Mount spray (red can) and not Spray Mount (blue can) otherwise the prints peel off very quickly.

Any print size up to 20" x 16" can be mounted on the board, although most that we see in competitions are around A3 in size.

[Theo Dibbits]

Andrew

Just make sure you get the RED 3M spray mount and not the blue one. If you want to know why, ask Keith Richardson who probably still has a can for sale.

Theo

[Andrew Shepherd]

Nice one - many thanks!

Andrew

[keith richardson]

Andrew

Just make sure you get the RED 3M spray mount and not the blue one. If you want to know why, ask Keith Richardson who probably still has a can for sale.

Theo

Thank you for reminding me Theo.
Luckily the therapy seems to have worked and I only get a slight nervous tic now when my pictures come out of the box.

I think it is about somewhere, (I couldn't give it away). I found that it was ideal for creating moving pictures, especially if you wanted your pictures to move independently of the mounting board.

regards, keith

[Theo Dibbits]

I have found one good use for the blue stuff.
Spray the back of an A4 photograph (one you do not want anymore) and let it dry for about a half-hour.
Now run it through your printer with the sticky side up. It clears all debris off the rollers and the printer pick-up improves substantially.
This works particularly well if you are using textured art papers or fibre base ones.

Theo

[Tracey McGovern]

Thank you to everyone for all your suggestions. It's very much appreciated.
Best Wishes
Tracey

[Walter Brooks]

Working in Heywood at the moment and there is a shop I used to use - but will check it out in case things have changed - they sold mounting boards in a variety of colours and different core colours with apertures cut to requested size[s].

Walter