Photo Dry Mounting Services

[dlee]

Does anyone know of or recommend a photo dry mounting service in the north Houston area? I have several 11x16 inch prints that I would like to have dry mounted. In addition, does anyone have any experience (good/bad) with the spray on protective photo coatings.

Usually, I mat and frame my prints, however in this case I'm providing these prints to some nursing home patients for "free" and I would like to keep my mounting and shipping costs as low as possible. Any orther ideas would be appreciated.

Many thanks,

Dick

[jheiliger]

Hey Dick,

Most Framing shops do dry mounting. Look around in your neighborhood for a good frame shop, and stop in to ask. It's usually somewhere in the neighbor hood of $10-$15 to get a print done.

Hope that helps,

Joe

[JamesB]

beleive it or not hobby lobby does dry mounting, but you need to make sure they understand that you want DRY mounting.

also they have a 50% off frames and mountings each month, usually towards the end of the month, which would be about now. But each store is different so call or check a hobby lobby near you.

Only problem is it takes them a few days

James

[LoungeLizard]

I have access to a dry mount press - if you want to purchase the supplies and come on over. I've never used it, though, and don't have a clue how to use it!

[dlee]

Many thanks to everyone. I found Michaels - Arts and Crafts store was able to help and I also found repositional, self-adhesive backed foam core board (~$5/for a 20"x30"x3/16" sheet) that worked well for this project.