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Silicone Paper for Dry Mounting sold by yard(26.5W)[silicone_yrd]

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Silicone Adhesive Paper for Dry Mounting Chinese Brush Painting or Sumi-e.

It comes in a 26.6 inch(actual usable width) roll, and I will cut to the length to your order at $7.99 per yard (26.5" x 36" or 66.5cm x 91.5cm).

* Shipped in a thick cardboard tube.

Silicone Paper is an acid-free/archival, easy-to-use adhesive for dry mounting Chinese brush painting or Sumi-e. Silicone is coated on one side of the release paper. The heat-sensitive adhesive melts at 180F heat and bonds to paper, fabric, plastic, wood, etc. as it cools off. It flows under heat and pressure and can be patched, overlapped and pieced together. The release paper keeps adhesive film clean and makes adhesive film easy to handle and protect the artwork and the iron or press machine.

Great for dry mounting thin papers, rice paper, tissue paper, parchment, watercolors, silks, and other fabrics.

As Seen on YouTube!

Basic Mounting Method A: Direct Mounting

In this method, the original painting is mounted directly to the silicone paper.
Here are the steps:
1. Cut the silicone paper to the size exactly same as the original painting or slightly smaller.
2. Dampen the painting to relax any wrinkles. Spray lightly and evenly on the front or back.
3. Put 4 layers of denim cloth on the table as a mounting surface.
4. Set the iron temperature to 180/ F (between silk and wool).
5. Place silicone paper with silicone side up.
6. Place painting (face up) on the silicone paper.
7. Place newsprint (or previously used silicone release paper) over the painting to protect it.
8. Iron from the center out, first in the cross and then in X movements to avoid bubbles. Keep the iron moving and don’t stop in one place.
9. Apply less pressure in the beginning and gradually increase pressure later. Just keep on ironing on the front until completely smooth.
10. The release paper can be left on until ready to mount to a backing material.

Notes
- Small wrinkles can be stretched out easily with a hot iron. You may spray some moisture on the area with large wrinkles and then re-iron it.
- Don't press too hard or set the temperature too hot.
- Don't use felt as padding because it is too soft.
- Large painting should be done a section at a time. Large paintings will require more time. Continue until the painting is completely dry and there are no wrinkles. Because of a larger surface area, the iron cools slightly so you may need to increase iron temperature to wool.
- Do not iron on the back side of the release paper, especially with large painting.

Here are some Youtube videos showing you how to mount a small ACEO or large piece of panoramic landscape painting--

https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AD701E024B229FE1

Mounting Method B: Mount the backing material first

This method is to transfer the silicon adhesive film to the backing material first, then take the release paper off and mount the painting on it.
Here are the steps:
1. Cut the Silicone Release Paper to the same size as the backing board or a little bit smaller than the board.
2 Place the silicone release paper, film side facing down, on the mounting board (museum board, foam board, vellum, watercolor paper, bristol paper, etc)
3. Iron at 180 degrees F or half-way between silk and wool. No water spray is needed. If the table is slippery put 4 layers of denim cloth under the board.
4. Peel the release paper off and save it for use in step 7.
5. If necessary, trim any extra adhesive film along the board edge with a cutting knife or a pair of scissors.
6. Lightly spray the front of the painting to relax any wrinkles.
7. Lay the artwork face up on the adhesive film and cover it with the release paper from step 4.
8. Now it's ready to iron on moving from the center out, first in the cross and then in X movements to avoid bubbles. Keep the iron moving and don’t stop in one place.

See following Youtube video for a demonstration of using this method to create an aceo card :

The more you use the more advantages will be found.

FAQ:

Q: When would you use dry mounting and when wet mounting?
A: Good question! If you use western watercolor pigments on rice paper they would bleed when wet mounting so dry mounting would avoid such problem with color running or ink bleeding. Some rice paper is very thin and maybe too fragile to wet mount. If you are in a hurry, dry mounting takes less time than wet mounting.


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Reviews (4)

Wonderful product. Watched short video and read instructions and worked like they said it would. I?m ordering more!

by Teresa Bunn Date Added: Tuesday 07 January, 2020

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This is a wonderful product offered by wonderfully helpful folks at Blue Heron. It has made mounting my sumi-e work so much easier, less messy, and by for more successful. I followed the clear and helpful instructions offered by Henry on YouTube and by Victoria right here on the website and experienced no problems whatsoever. Everything worked exactly as they demonstrated. I highly recommend the silicone dry mounting paper as a happy solution for the thin and wrinkly rice paper created by brush painting. Be sure that your iron is the proper temperature, that you don't 'soak' your rice paper (just dampen as in the video) and iron on a firmly padded surface. Victoria suggesst 3 or 4 layers of denim; I used two layers of heavy, raw, canvas. I also found that the silicone paper should be cut with an X-acto knife rather than scissors because the silicone tends to cling to the scissors and pull away from it backing. The knife avoids that problem. All in all I hight recommend this product and Blue Heron!

by Lawrence Bowden Date Added: Tuesday 03 July, 2018

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I have tried using this product five times for mounting calligraphy done on xuan paper, without success. I followed the instructions on your videos as carefully as I could, but no matter what I did the paper developed deep creases and wrinkles that I could not get out with the iron. I tried hotter settings, cooler settings, more water, less water, but nothing worked. Perhaps xuan paper is simply too thin for use with this backing paper. Respond from Henry Li: Sorry that it did not work out with you! Generally speaking, calligraphy could be more difficult than painting to mount because of thick ink strokes makes the rice paper uneven and is more likely to get wrinkles and creases. You may try to follow the Method B procedure by putting the silicone film on the plain backing paper first and iron the calligraphy with water mist before mounting on the backing paper.

by Gregory Otis Date Added: Wednesday 13 June, 2018

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I am new to Chinese brush painting and sumi-e (6 months of practice!) and had no idea how to even attempt to mount a painting. Wet mounting was totally out of the question with my absolute lack of knowledge and experience. I found your videos on dry mounting when I purchased your DVD on painting horses (LOVED IT!). You and your wife made the process look so within the realm of possibility, I decided to give it a try. MAJOR SUCCESS !!! With your video and written instructions as a guide, I was able to mount several of my "better" paintings, and they came out PERFECT! I was amazed at how much better they looked mounted! The film was just as easy to use as you and your wife demonstrated! Thank you for your WONDERFUL videos and for making this product available! As soon as I have a few more "nice" paintings I will definitely be ordering more of the silicone paper for dry mounting!

by Nancy Dellamura Date Added: Monday 05 October, 2015

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