Re: cardboard mount glue

[P3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 8:25 PM -0800 3/30/97, P3D Gavin Stokes wrote:
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>In regard to heat sealing: How much heat is used, and for how long? How
>close does it come to damaging the film? Can you use an iron? What's the
>best place to get such mounts if I give up on plain cardboard?

I use heat-seal mounts from Reel-3D.  Seal 'em with an iron on medium heat,
pressing the edge down on the edge of the mount for 2-4 seconds, depending
on how hot the iron is, & working my way around the edges.  I use the tip
of the iron to seal the middle of the mount.  The iron is never actually
over the film, & I've never damaged the film this way.

Here's a general question about glues: what sorts of chemicals does one
want to avoid when the glue might come in contact with (a) a film chip or
(b) a print?

-Jim C.

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Jim Crowell
Division of Biology
216-76
Caltech
Pasadena, CA
(818) 395-8337
jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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