Selecting the Right Dry Mount Tissue
At DryMountTissue.com we offer virtually every dry mount tissue on the market. With so many choices it can be a bit daunting to determine which adhesive is best for your dry mounting application. Most users will find that our MasterMount products will be the best choice for most mounting needs. Each mounting product bonds the most common graphics to standard substrates. Some were designed for special applications. Our MasterMount series will offer the best value.
Our Brand
MasterMount will bond most paper-to-paper applications. Photos, digital print images, posters, certificates, art prints and the like can be mounted to standard substrates such as card stock and foam boards. MasterMount also bonds well to smooth wood surfaces if plaquing is your application. It’s extra thick coating of adhesive makes it ideal for bonding papers with a bit of a “pile” to them. MasterMount offers one of the lowest activating temperatures on the market so it is ideal for heat sensitive materials. Items mounted with MasterMount may be removed with heat and pressure. Temperature range: 165° -190° F. Available in sheets and rolls.
MasterMount Plus will mount everything MasterMount will mount. The key difference is that MasterMount Plus is not reversible. Items mounted with MasterMount Plus are considered to be permanent. MasterMount Plus is a pH neutral product. Temperature range: 170° – 195° F. Available in rolls.
National Brands
TechMount will bond everything that MasterMount and MasterMount Plus will mount. Like MasterMount Plus, TechMount is a permanent adhesive and pH neutral. Temperature range: 170° – 195° F. Available in rolls.
Trimount will work in much the same fashion as MasterMount Plus. Permanent bonds, pH neutral. Temperature range: 185° – 210° F. Available in sheets and rolls.
Specialty Dry Mount Products
BufferMount is a tissue best suited for special applications such as mounting sheepskin, tissues, rice paper and high quality or delicate art. BufferMount employs an acid free adhesive coated on both sides of on an acid free tissue and it is buffered to withstand environmental degradation. Items mounted with BufferMount are best paired with acid free substrates. Items mounted with BufferMount may be removed with heat and pressure. Temperature range: 170° – 200° F. Available in rolls.
RagMount is a tissue suited for special applications such as dry mounting digital images printed on fine arts paper. It is a pH neutral adhesive coated on both sides of a of a 100% cotton rag tissue that is best paired with acid free substrates. Temperature range: 180° – 195° F. Available in sheets and rolls
Deluxe Dry Mount Adhesive is another specialty adhesive. Deluxe DMA is the ideal dry mount product when bonding fabrics to substrates or images to fabrics. Deluxe DMA is 100% adhesive – it has no tissue core. This enables the Deluxe DMA, when heated in a dry mount press, to become molten-like and “flow” into the fabric. Items mounted with Deluxe DMA may be removed with heat and pressure. This is a pH neutral product, very similar to Fusion 4000. Temperature range 170° – 200° F. Available in rolls.