Acid Free update and new adhesives and films
A couple of months ago, we wrote about mounting and laminating giclee or fine art digital prints. Working with customers we have now launched our range of acid free films. The toughest part was not the acid free but also getting non-yellowing adhesives with hi tack components. Like all things, these cost more, but right now we have a robust group of 3-4 customers who like having these and we have sized them for their printers to get sales going. The products are now listed on our website and have a separate product grouping for the acod free pressure sensitive films.
We are also looking at new adhesives which have a textured release liner to make grooves in the adhesive to help air escape. This helps eliminate bubbles in mounts from trapped air, especially common with hand applied graphic mounts. The films we are evaluating are silicon top coated polyesters which can be self-wound as cold over-laminates. Eliminating the release liner not only makes the laminates easier to use, but is more environmentally friendly and eliminates the silicon paper waste people now face.