Re: Print Framing - A New Year's Resolution

Don,

I don't view 16x20 to be much of a problem in glass. If it will be on your
wall just use one of those little metal clips that the nail goes through so
it can't be pulled down till the wire slips off. I had a full sheet
watercolor in a wide mat behind glass crash to the floor in the middle of
the night last year because I left it for 6 years on a very small wire nail.
A rude awakening. It is so nice to be able to dust and even scrub the glass.
Plastic requires so much more caution when cleaning. If portability is the
issue than weight may overrule scratch resistance. Since this is your
collection though I would guess you want to frame them once and hang them up
for life. In that case I'd stay with glass.

Jack

> From: Don Bryant <dstevenbryant@mindspring.com>
> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:23:46 -0500
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Print Framing - A New Year's Resolution
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> One of my New Year's resolutions is to frame and hang work of my photography
> collection. No, not my work, but work that I have in my collection made by
> other photographers.
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> Several of the prints are quite large, and after matting and framing they
> will be 16x20 or larger. So, I've thought it best to use acrylic or
> plexi-glass instead of glass glass to reduce weight. The print media
> includes, silver gelatin, photo-gravure, color ink jet, and alternative
> process work.
>
> What are the recommended products for this application and how should they
> be prep'ed and cleaned. I vaguely recall that ammonia based cleaners
> shouldn't be used since those may be abrasive to these kinds of plastics.
>
> Any help will be appreciated,
>
> Don Bryant
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Received on Sat Jan 14 00:08:50 2006