Covered Window Mats Storage Archival

My preferred method of affixing the window mat to the backing board is with a paper hinge made of archival tape.

Covered window mats storage archival.

Our 100 pure cotton fiber rag mat board offers the ultimate in conservation of art on paper. Never apply it directly on an object. Wholesale archival mat board. Expertly made custom cut window mats circular and oval mats multi window mats and pre cut mats for all of your archival presentation exhibition and storage needs read our series of blogs on matting.

Photographic prints mounted on board and unframed photographic prints in window mats. It can be used for hinging window mats and securing photo corners. Can be water activated or self adhering. Let s face it folks cutting window mats is a fine art in and of itself a good mat will enhance your photographs artwork and collectibles while a badly cut mat will distract from whatever you re presenting.

Window mats acrylic glazing foamboard framing accessories contact us. The board used for most archival storage boxes is 60 points 60mil thick or 40 points thick. Pre cut bulk window mats. This holds the window mat in place without compromising the archival integrity of the photo inside.

Archival methods pre cut bulk window mats save you time and money. Although vertical storage in office files or in upright flip top archival document storage boxes is acceptable for legal sized or smaller documents objects larger than 15 x 9 should be stored flat. Coated with a neutral ph acrylic adhesive of archival quality the tape has a high thread count and a release liner paper. Sheets smaller than 30 x 40 fit into archival boxes which come in various sizes and are much less expensive than flat files.

It s a non yellowing pressure sensitive adhesive. Prints are attached to an acid free conservation board via a reversible hinge and then covered with a window mat custom cut to display the photograph or print. By william sawalich. The overall philosophy of matting watch our short video.

Archival solution of the week. How to cut window mats.