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Cigarette cards
Morning All
Quick question. I'm framing 2 sets of cards (Wills wild flowers). I'm using Barrington-Smith's pre cut mounts. I'm putting perspex on the back so the reverse sides can be read. I dont want to tape the cards in place if I can help it. Is there an accepted way of putting the whole lot in place without the cards slipping?
Also has anyone hand cut a mount for a set of 50 cards, if so how??
Regds
Phill
Quick question. I'm framing 2 sets of cards (Wills wild flowers). I'm using Barrington-Smith's pre cut mounts. I'm putting perspex on the back so the reverse sides can be read. I dont want to tape the cards in place if I can help it. Is there an accepted way of putting the whole lot in place without the cards slipping?
Also has anyone hand cut a mount for a set of 50 cards, if so how??
Regds
Phill
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Assuming you will have some edge of the cards overlapping the mount you could use something like Herma repositionable dots
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You could even just use few of them to stick the cards to the perspex - they're almost invisible and if done, say, as a neat row on each card, should look fine.Spit wrote:Assuming you will have some edge of the cards overlapping the mount you could use something like Herma repositionable dots
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When I frame these cards I use glass both sides and have a mount with square cut aperture and find that the cards need no sticking- and stay put! If your viewing both sides anything you use to stick will be seen.
I've never used perspex, but reckon this would give too much.
In the dim and distant past I have cut a 50 cig card mount on a Keencut . I had no alternative but to bevel cut it , but it did work.
I'd suggest marking out lighlty in pencil on the back- you'll soon get your head round which way the bevel goes!
I did one not long after I'd started framing and remember getting very near the end and lining up the wrong line to cut down. Resulting in me having to start again and a broken toe from kicking the wall in frustration!!
Good luck
I've never used perspex, but reckon this would give too much.
In the dim and distant past I have cut a 50 cig card mount on a Keencut . I had no alternative but to bevel cut it , but it did work.
I'd suggest marking out lighlty in pencil on the back- you'll soon get your head round which way the bevel goes!
I did one not long after I'd started framing and remember getting very near the end and lining up the wrong line to cut down. Resulting in me having to start again and a broken toe from kicking the wall in frustration!!
Good luck
Also in the dim and distant I did three ciggy card mounts. One was OK as all the cards were the same orientation, but the other two had odd numbers of portrait/landscape. Took ages working out the layout before I started cutting.
That's 50 cards per set, 150 windows, 600 cuts. All eyeballed to a pencil line with a tolerance of <1mm.
Must have had more stamina in them days.
That's 50 cards per set, 150 windows, 600 cuts. All eyeballed to a pencil line with a tolerance of <1mm.
Must have had more stamina in them days.
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To eliminate the need for any adhesives on these cards, I would opt to encapsulate each of them with a mylar sleeve. Any reasonable neumes … pneumess … stamp dealer will carry a product called ShoGard. We use them frequently for stamps and baseball (sports) cards.
These thin plastic transparent envelopes come in a variety of sizes. You can choose one that is a few millimeters larger than the cards themselves. Once you position the cards in the center of the sleeve, you can tape the sleeve and the cards should remain centered. Then just tape the sleeve in the window of each mount.
Easy peasy, and the cards will remain pristine.
These thin plastic transparent envelopes come in a variety of sizes. You can choose one that is a few millimeters larger than the cards themselves. Once you position the cards in the center of the sleeve, you can tape the sleeve and the cards should remain centered. Then just tape the sleeve in the window of each mount.
Easy peasy, and the cards will remain pristine.
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I've not done this, but I have been told that it is possible to lightly spray the back sheet of glass which something like Spraymount and this will hold the mount and cards in place.
I don't know if the Spraymount shows, but I would guess that non-reflective glass would hide any visible effects. There are three different Spray adhesives made by 3M's, these are Spraymount, Photomount and another I can't think of right now. One of these is not permanent, but is also re-positionable. Reversibility is at best questionable.
I don't know if the Spraymount shows, but I would guess that non-reflective glass would hide any visible effects. There are three different Spray adhesives made by 3M's, these are Spraymount, Photomount and another I can't think of right now. One of these is not permanent, but is also re-positionable. Reversibility is at best questionable.
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