Question Framing print with very small margins

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A customer has bought in an approximately 50 x 70 cm giclee print (not precious art - just reproduction of an old map) to be matted & framed. It has almost no white margins, just a few mm, to work with. Can we get suggestions as to how you all would handle this?

Perhaps simply taping it down to the mat. Our thought is it would have to be very thoroughly taped so an edge or corner doesn't lift through the mat window.

Or adding (adhering) a strip of paper all around the edges of the print so you have something to work with.
 
There’s a few ways, but if you tape it all round, or even use one strip across the top only, it will probably buckle as paper can expand and contract and it can only do that where it’s not stuck down.

You could T hinge it to the mounting board as normal but bond the mat and mount together.
If of no value it could be dry mounted.
A platform mount (use the search facility here for that) could also work, depending on just how many mm of margin there is.
 
About 20x28 roughly in inches, so not huge.

I would just t-hinge it to backboard and mat it. You could add extra strips of sturdy paper to the back of the map, to extend the overal size so it doesn't fall through the opening.

Never tape anything all around and don't tape to the mat opening.
 
Would love to see a photo of it, while considering this. Also, is it 'in square'?
 
RoboFramer said:
There’s a few ways, but if you tape it all round, or even use one strip across the top only, it will probably buckle as paper can expand and contract and it can only do that where it’s not stuck down.

You could T hinge it to the mounting board as normal but bond the mat and mount together.
If of no value it could be dry mounted.
A platform mount (use the search facility here for that) could also work, depending on just how many mm of margin there is.
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Thank you, much appreciated advice.

I read up on platform mounts, thanks also, and though we won't use it for this it is a great technique and am sure we will use it for something!!
 
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