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Cake day: October 24th, 2023

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  • Much the same way that smaller photos are, just on a larger scale with heavier duty materials that are exponentially more expensive as they still have to be pH neutral and reversible so as not to damage the print.

    Any works on paper should always be hinged from the top between a mount and undermount, essentially an acid-free barrier in front and behind the artwork/photo. Any tape should be acid-free and reversible too. Here’s a good example pic to illustrate.

    Like I said, the main difference is the size/cost. A regular sheet of mountboard costs me around £6 for a 44" x 32" sheet. Meanwhile a 104" x 60" 4-ply cotton museum board costs me about £133. That’s literally just the cost price of a single sheet of mountboard, before you’ve even considered the rest of the frame, glass etc or the labour costs.