Poster framing

[modmouse]

I use framesbymail.com. So far no problems and the prices are the best I've found. Selection is pretty good too.

[shredkeenan]

Does anyone here actually use frame spacers when framing? I read stuff about prints sticking to glass and whatnot, but will that really happen if they are always hung and stored in air-conditioned locations?

[braksandwich]

your print should never be in direct contact with the glass. I know they make frames that are just basically a piece of glass with some backing, but the point to nicer frames is to keep your artwork from touching anything... including the glass.

[jbrotheim]

Originally Posted by braksandwich

your print should never be in direct contact with the glass. I know they make frames that are just basically a piece of glass with some backing, but the point to nicer frames is to keep your artwork from touching anything... including the glass.

How do you do that if you buy a frame and are not using a mat? It sounds like filling a glass full of water, but not getting the bottom of the glass wet.

[getoutoftheleftlane]

Originally Posted by jbrotheim

How do you do that if you buy a frame and are not using a mat?...

spacers

[jbrotheim]

Originally Posted by getoutoftheleftlane

spacers

can you drop some more knowledge on me about those? Obviously, you don't want anything touching the print so how do you separate the print and and the glass with a spacer? Can you still buy a frame from AF and use spacers?

[getoutoftheleftlane]

I am not sure how/if AF does it. I have never framed anything through them. But, most professional framers use spacers to separate the glass from the print on something that's not matted. They are just small spacers that go between the glass (at the lip of the frame that holds the glass) and the print. Thus keeping the print from resting against the glass. Talk to your framer about it. If it's AF, then I suggest dropping an email and inquiring. You don't want the print touching the glass. Any moisture gets in there on a humid day and you're hosed.

[jbrotheim]

Originally Posted by getoutoftheleftlane

I am not sure how/if AF does it. I have never framed anything through them. But, most professional framers use spacers to separate the glass from the print on something that's not matted. They are just small spacers that go between the glass (at the lip of the frame that holds the glass) and the print. Thus keeping the print from resting against the glass. Talk to your framer about it. If it's AF, then I suggest dropping an email and inquiring. You don't want the print touching the glass. Any moisture gets in there on a humid day and you're hosed.

Thanks... Anyone else have thoughts on spacers and AF? Not doubting what getoutof says, but curious how others have dealt with this or do you guys just not have that concern?

[Streeter]

so when you order a frame and put the print in yourself, how do you attach the print to the mat? or is it just held in by the force of the sandwich?

[foxymophandlemama]

Originally Posted by jbrotheim

Thanks... Anyone else have thoughts on spacers and AF? Not doubting what getoutof says, but curious how others have dealt with this or do you guys just not have that concern?

I've pulled a couple of prints off of plexiglass (tricky), so I always either mat prints or use spacers now. To make spacers, I cut 4 long, thin strips of matboard to fit underneath the edge of the frame. Spacers made with black matboard with black core don't show in a black frame if they're well-aligned with the frame edge.