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Question: Will PVA glue ruin my photos!?
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I would use a dry mounting adhesive!. I use a product called Studio tac!. It comes in sheets and you apply it to the back of the photo and then to the paper/foamcore!. Any glue with water in it will be a problem, (warping, wrinkles, cockling, stains) not only for the photo but to the substrate you are applying it to!. There rae other dry mounting products that are aerosol types like 3M's super 77, but remember to check if the product is acid free!. Try www!.peralpaint!.com, they should have what your looking for

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Depends on what the photos are printed on, if there Fiber base paper then the glue will affect the image it will take a few years but if your using fiber base paper you wanted the images to last forever right!? If the pictures are Resin coated paper(r!.c!.) then you should be o!.k!. If the pictures are digital prints, then maybe someone else can answer this 'cause I have no idea!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I would say, ‘Do not use PVA Glue'

But if you have an odd old photograph to try it with - go for it and see what happens!.
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