P3D Re: stereo card mounting

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Josephson wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Paul Talbot wrote:
> 
> > > For RC papers (color and B&W) Positionable Mounting Adhesive (PMA)
> > > made by Scotch works extremely well.
> > 
> > Is this a spray?  Is "Positionable Mounting Adhesive" the label
> > on the can?  Someone once posted that the 3M makes a positionable
> 
> > Any more details on this positionable adhesive?  Are there mail- 
> > order sources for it?  
> 
> No, it's not a spray, it comes in rolls.

3M does make a repositionable spray photo mount.  The bigger camera
stores (Calumet, B&H, Adorama) sell it.  I have a can around here
somewhere, but I prefer to use Cresent repositionable adhesive sheets
(got mine from Calumet).  I haven't bothered to see what the price
difference is.

> I can't vouch for the company, though, as I've never ordered from
> them.  I got mine from Light Impressions, and I can vouch for
> them. A bit pricey, but otherwise great.
> 
> Anyway, here's the address:
> http://www.freestylesalesco.com/45.html
> 

Freestyle is where I bought my Lubitels from.  They are a good place
to do business with.  They also offer a lot of alternative process
stuff if you want to experiment with printing on non-silver paper.

By the way, people printing on RC paper should probably go read the
March/April and May/June issues of Photo Techniques.  Ctein reports on
problems with the unexpected image deterioration.  It seems that under
certain conditions properly processed RC prints can deteriorate within
two to three years.  Most of the paper manufacturers are denying that
there is any problem.  I think Agfa was the exception (they pulled a
paper from the market and reformulated it).  Stereo cards may not be
stored or displayed under the same conditions, but it is something to
think about.  The current issue has some pretty sad letters for a few
fine art photographers and custom labs about the problems they have
had.

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