dry mounting

American

noun

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

Other Word Forms

dry-mounted adjective

Etymology

Origin of dry mounting

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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In addition to selling his father’s prints, Keenan Miller will offer custom matting, framing and dry mounting.

From Washington Times

Prints mounted with "Kodak Dry Mounting Tissue," no curling.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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

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