[Leica] Urgent advice please - mat cutters

[brad at bradbrad.com (brad daly)]

i think perhaps the only good advice i ever took from photo.net was 
"who says it has to be flat?"

i have flattened prints with a dry-mount press but have never dry 
mounted.  just a linen-tape hinge at the top and nothing more.  looks 
fine to me.

--brad, who will soon embark on the adventure (not) of matting inkjet 
prints

On 9 Mar 2005, at 11:29 PM, Brian Reid wrote:

>
>> but for me the press seems the only real way to get those FB suckers 
>> flat.
>
> Trust me. I've used Seal dry mount presses for 40 years; I've probably 
> dry mounted 10,000 prints. Dry mount presses do not make anything 
> flat. They will help you get rid of wrinkles if you use them 
> skilfully, but if your mat isn't rigid enough to avoid curling, the 
> dry mount press will make it worse instead of better. To get them 
> flat, put them under weights overnight. Whether or not you've dry 
> mounted them.
>
> I'd ship you one of mine, but it wouldn't run on Oz mains, and the 
> postage would be enough to buy an M6.
>
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