Re: [photo-3d] heat seal mounts

[Ron Beck <rbeck@xxxxxxxx>]

Linda,
Yes, I pretape my mounts prior to sealing them.  And, I pretty much
follow the same process you use; tape, view, batch seal.  

Recently I've started using double-sided, archival quality, photo
mounting tape from Creative Memories.  The tape is approximately 1/2
inch wide and is "perforated" (for lack of a better term) in 1/32 inch
(or so) strips.  I'll stick a strip of the tape on the side of my light
table and then use my tweezers to remove each 1/32 piece and place it on
the mount.  Then align the film chip and secure it on the tape piece
once alignment has been achieved.  It's sped up my mounting quite a bit.

Regards,
Ron

P.S. The tape looks like this...

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...small pieces on a backing.  I just run this on the side of my
workplace and then pick each piece off and adhere it to my mount.

Linda Nygren wrote:
> 
> The question has been raised as to whether people who use heat seal
> Realist mounts have the practice of *taping down* the chip prior to
> sealing, or whether they expect that the mount adhesive alone will hold
> the chip in place.
> 
> My practice is to use a piece of Scotch invisible tape (allegedly
> acid-free) from a desktop dispenser which I tear in half lengthwise to
> secure a pair of film chips. I then fold over each mount to preview in a
> viewer, and subsequently heat seal them in batches.
> 
> I have observed (when remounting slides) that Kodak mounted slides seem
> to use the same type of taping, although the lab personnel don't
> necessarily pay any attention to film chip position prior to applying
> the tape.
> 
> So, folks, do you pretape or not??? Enquiring minds want to know, as do
> developers of new heat seal mounts. -Linda