Mounting on board

Street's Imaging Services has facilities to mount and laminate and provide various protective coatings to your images.
Street's recommend and use 3-4 mm Customwood (MDF) boards for mounting. This board has a white laminate on the reverse which provides dimensional stability in conditions where the mount is subject to variations in humidity. (it is recommended that prints be hung where the conditions are stable and away from sources of high levels of ultra violet light.) The use of this board also provides a professional look to the prints when they are framed reducing the need to comletely cover the rear of the mounted print.

The photograph can then be protected with a lustre or gloss laminate. The laminate helps reduce UV light reaching the image and also protects from dust etc.

When framing laminated prints, it is recommended that the print be left loose in the frame to allow for expansion and contraction which could cause the laminate to lift at the pressure points.

Canvas Mounting on Stretcher Frames.

2 types of stretcher frames are available.
Standard Stretcher Mount.
The canvas print is mounted on the stretcher frame so it is suitable for framing.
Wrap Stretcher Mount.
The image is taken around the frame to the back so that the image can be hung without a frame. The image size must be such that allowance is made for the image to wrap around to the back of the stretcher.