JWB9999999
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
Ok, had a new one today, need some expert advice.
A photographer from another town about 45 minutes away called yesterday and came by today to talk to me to see if I could beat the price she was getting "off the internet" to have her photos framed in a strange sounding way with a metal frames. She is currently paying $70 plus shipping for an 8x10.
What she is doing is taking photos, and a company from the internet mounts her photos to a thin aluminum plate, including a hanger on the back, and sends them back to her.
What she has seen on the net, and paid the $70 for, is basically an aluminum frame to which the aluminum photo is ATTACHED. The photo isn't actually framed in the regular sense.
Here's the setup. Put the metal frame together as normal. The outside dimension of the frame must be 8x10, not the inside. The frame must have a flat surface on top. Some kind of adhesive is applied to the top suface of the frame. Then the aluminum backed photo is tacked down to the top of the frame.
The frame in essense serves as kind of a box providing "sides" and depth for the photo. No part of the photo is covered with a frame, since the photo is mounted to the top of the frame.
Assuming the adhesive I'll need doesn't cost much, she's more than thrilled that my price is in the low $20s.
Has anyone done something like this? What kind of adhesive do you use?
It has to bond aluminum to aluminum. It must not discolor the aluminum or the finish on the frame. The viscosity must be such that it will stay on the top of the frame and not run all over the sides. It also needs to be fairly tolerant of heat, as we do live in Mississippi.
Are there any other pitfalls I should watch out for?
A photographer from another town about 45 minutes away called yesterday and came by today to talk to me to see if I could beat the price she was getting "off the internet" to have her photos framed in a strange sounding way with a metal frames. She is currently paying $70 plus shipping for an 8x10.
What she is doing is taking photos, and a company from the internet mounts her photos to a thin aluminum plate, including a hanger on the back, and sends them back to her.
What she has seen on the net, and paid the $70 for, is basically an aluminum frame to which the aluminum photo is ATTACHED. The photo isn't actually framed in the regular sense.
Here's the setup. Put the metal frame together as normal. The outside dimension of the frame must be 8x10, not the inside. The frame must have a flat surface on top. Some kind of adhesive is applied to the top suface of the frame. Then the aluminum backed photo is tacked down to the top of the frame.
The frame in essense serves as kind of a box providing "sides" and depth for the photo. No part of the photo is covered with a frame, since the photo is mounted to the top of the frame.
Assuming the adhesive I'll need doesn't cost much, she's more than thrilled that my price is in the low $20s.
Has anyone done something like this? What kind of adhesive do you use?
It has to bond aluminum to aluminum. It must not discolor the aluminum or the finish on the frame. The viscosity must be such that it will stay on the top of the frame and not run all over the sides. It also needs to be fairly tolerant of heat, as we do live in Mississippi.
Are there any other pitfalls I should watch out for?
