Re: Print Framing - A New Year's Resolution

Unless you are going to ship the framed pictures on an airplane, weight is not an issue. Just use glass. It works the best.

George Johnson

>From: Don Bryant <dstevenbryant@mindspring.com>
>Date: Fri Jan 13 21:23:46 CST 2006
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: Print Framing - A New Year's Resolution

>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.
>
>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
Received on Sat Jan 14 09:02:29 2006