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Artcare quality with no damaging pollutants

Lightfastness not Fading.
Produced with pigment, not dyes, thus ensuring the colours of your framing for years.

 

Resistance to humidity not colour runs
In contrast to simple dyes, the pigments of Artcare are not affected by humidity. Making it your guarantee of enduring colour fidelity.

 

Ageless not ageing.
Alphamat Artcare is made using alkaline buffers that protect against ageing. A long life protected from damaging acids ensures that white bevel cut edges stay white when you use Alphamat Artcare

 

Filters out harmful pollutants
The unique `Micro-Chamber' paper technology filters out harmful pollutants. Your picture is protected from airborne environmental pollutants and acids.

 

 

Artcare products meets these quality standards for age resistance
All Alphamat and Alpharag Artcare mounts and mount board achieve and exceed the criteria of DIN 6738, ISO 9706, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Durability of paper). All Artcare products have passed the Photographic Activity Test (P.A.T.) ISA 14523.

 

Molecule Traps (=Zeolite)
Contains synthetic molecule paper(=Zeolite =MicroChamber technology), which provide especially for the absorbtion of harmful substances in the ambient air as well as in works of art and photography. (Proven by test of oxidation ANSI IT9.15-1992)

Fade resistant
No visible bleed of colours after 48 hours water-bath (Method FACTS EXPMMB-200) Sec. 10.03

 

The Artcare System: An "Air Conditioner"

Artcare mounts and mountboard contain innovative Microchamber papers, that absorb invasive airborne pollutants. This technology renders such substances harmless - both from the outside environment and from materials in the picture and frame. Art, photos, documents - everything that is valuable to you is actively protected from deterioration and ageing.

 

Substrate & surfaces paper
Alphamat: Alpha cellulose fibres, which comply with strict standards of durability and protection. Alpharag: 100 % primary-cotton fibres. Test results (TAPPI method T-236 om-85) prove that the boards are free of groundwood and lignin.

pH-value
Basic pH-value of 8,5+/-0,5 measured by TAPPI method T-509 om-88 cold extraction of slurried pulp.

Buffer
Basic reserve of 3,5% (calcium carbonate) measured using ANSI IT9.2-1991 Sec 5.2.

 

 

Durability
Board sample was tested for 10 days in a wet chamber at 100°F (37,8° C) and 90 % air humidity. All board components maintained both physical appearance and stability

Adhesives
Alkaline surface sizing. Components are laminated using only alkaline and water-based adhesives without solvent.

 

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