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Anyone got any favourite brands or tips on use for re-positional adhesive that will be sprayed onto paper not card stock.
I also need to seal the paper some how, one side has a photo printed on it and at the moment I'm pulling away a tiny bit of printing when I seperate the two pieces, the blank side will have the layer of adhesive, the prointed side will be attched to it (I'm sure most people now have a very good idea of what I'm up to).

3M Spraymount and NOT Photomount

Unlike previous reports on TalkMagic, PhotoMount is a PERMANENT solution.

Spraymount is repositionable.

I've been using both for 15+ years as a graphic artist... so I can assure you of the above statements.

As for the sealing, can you not just use clear plastic sheeting?

Being the tight git I am I opted not to buy the 3M re-positional spray (£14.99 a big can)mount and instead opted for a cheaper alternative, plasti-kote repositional adhesive (£4.99 a can), this stuff just doesn't give a particularly fine coat no matter how delicate I try and be. I'll give the 3M stuff a go.
What do you mean by plastic sheeting? I'm working on something that works on the same principal as Jon Allens Double back (amongst many). But I'll be using photo's of old magicians each with that special something on the back. I'm printing the images off myself and have been experimenting with the best type of paper to give me the same ease of handling you'd get with cards. Some sort of coating is definately required that will prevent leaving a sticky substance on the face of the chosen picture or as is my problem at the moment, pulling off bits of the printing and leaving it on the back of it's previously joined picture.

Spraymount—when left to dry before use—won't lift off the piccy

Do you mean just normal spray mount or the re-positional type?

3M SprayMount IS repositionable. Blue tin.

Unless there's another 3M SprayMount?

I thought there was normal spray mount which sets and can't be lifted and the re-positional type but I'm probably wrong. I'll go back to the stationers and have another look.
So I'm spraying this stuff on through a window so I just have a small square in the centre of the picture. Does one brief spray suffice, as in going from left to right the once, or is it best for a return spray?

If you get yourself a can of 3M Spray Mount, and have a bunch left over, buy a copy of Richard Sanders's "Super Cards" DVDs. He has some incredible "Spray Mount effects" on that one. Watch someone perform "Clearly Impossible" once, and you'll want a copy.

ed crawford wrote:What do you mean by plastic sheeting?

I assume it's what is commonly known as sticky-backed plastic. You can often find it in stationers, as it can be used to cover textbooks, or exercise books, to preserve them in the hands of unruly children.

Yep, that's the stuff.

Clear sticky backed plastic sheet...

Or, simply have the items encapsulated at a print shop.

As an alternative to sealing the photo in with plastic you could also consider this stuff:
http://www.greatart.co.uk/LUKASFIXITIVE.htm
I used to use it a lot when I had a restaurant and inkjet printed menu's onto slightly glossy stock, worked a treat and is virtually invisible when dry.

Seige....You are right again, all 3M spraymount is re-positional and by god it's much better than the other stuff I was trying with previously.

Yorkshire pudding...thanks for the advice on the fixative, seems to be doing the job.
Cheers, Ed