dry mounting

American  

noun

1. the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.

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Other Word Forms

• dry-mounted adjective

Etymology

Origin of dry mounting

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

I may mention, en passant, that I have found gum much more satisfactory as a mountant than starch paste in what is known as the "dry mounting" system.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various

This plan looks, at first sight, like that recommended for albumen paper, and called "dry" mounting.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various

Aside from the glue mountant, formula for which accompanies the paper, I know no preventive except to mount the prints while dry with the dry mounting tissue.

From Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements by Tennant, John A.