In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (jeffrey floyd
stevens) wrote:
 
> Since everyone was so helpful in giving me print framing and hinging
> information (thanks to all!), I thought I'd challenge you with this new
> scenario.  While speding Xmas at my future mother-in-law's, we unframed a
> lithograph from the late fifties to reframe.  Well, what a mess!  It
> turns out that the people who did the frame glued the entire print to the
> supporting matboard.  After examination, it looked like they used some
> sort of contact paper to fix the drawing (you can see onion-skin-like
> paper peeking out from the edges of the print).  Sooooo, what are the
> options for removing this print from the matboard and then reframing?
 
 
It sounds like it was 'drymounted'.. Don't fear, if this is so, it is
easily removable. Drymounting is a heat-setting waxy sheet, and if you
gently apply heat, it will loosen. Try applying weak heat from an electric
iron to a margin (through a sheet of blotter paper will help avoid
damage).. If it loosens, you can peel the print away from the drymount
paper. They make a little tool called a 'tacking iron' that is a like an
iron, except smaller, so you can easily heat a small area, and get the wax
to release. Heat small areas near a corner, lift it, then gradually work
inwards..
 
It isn't too hard to remount a drymount, it is designed to be removable.
But if it was ME, I'd take it to a shop that does a lot of drymounting.
I'm sure that anyone who does a lot of that type of work is adept at
fixing their own mistakes.
 
email me if you need any further help.. good luck!
 
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