1. Dry Mounting

2. It is as easy as + $ % 

3. It is as easy as + $ %  Plus Trim 2 Corners Press

4. Gather the Materials Matte Board Mounting Tissue

6. Matte Board Colors What color Matte? Personal Aesthetic ! But, if your print does not have dark black areas, do NOT use a black matte…

7. Matte Board Colors Also, are you going to have a border around your print ?.....

8. Matte Board Colors Also, are you going to have a border around your print ?.....

9. Matte Board Colors … or go “borderless” ?

10. Get permission to use the Tacking Iron

11. The mounting tissue needs to be at least slightly larger than the photo itself….

12. Place the photo face down and mount tissue on top. Make the “plus sign”

13. Show your photo to the teacher, then get permission to use the Paper Trimmer

14. Trim your print so the tissue is the EXACT SIZE of the photo.

15. If you are keeping a border, it must be uniform size on all four sides

16. All four corners must be EXACTLY SQUARE ! All cuts must be laser straight !

17. Show your trimmed photo to the teacher and get permission again to use the Tacking Iron

18. Position your print face up onto the matte board where you want it…

19. As you hold the print in place, lift up one corner of the print, Use the tacking iron to tack one corner of the tissue to the matte board…

20. Once you have done one corner, carefully tack the diagonal other corner of the tissue to the matte board…

21. Be careful that you do not induce a “bubble” between the two corners.

22. Show your tacked photo on the matte board to the teacher, then get permission to use the Mounting Press

23. Place your photo FACE UP between the two sheets of white paper. Carefully close the press all the way. Keep track of the time !!!!!!!

24. Keep it in the press for 60 seconds.

25. Remove your photo from the press. Quickly place it FACE DOWN on the counter an place the weight on top. This will help minimize curling ! Allow the print to cool for two minutes!

26. Your work is now ready to proudly be displayed !