Anti reflective glass

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carladea

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What type, if any, of anti reflective glass do you use in your shops? I have tried most of them, and have found problems (difficulty cleaning, color changes, color distortions)with most. It is very hard for me to sell something I don't fully believe in, and I had trouble selling anti-reflective glass. I now use Perfect View, and really like it. I'm pushing it, and have customers sold, bringing pieces back to have "that new glass" put in. What experiences has anyone had?

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I like TruVue AR, even though you can see the little green reflections from bulbs. I also like ImagePerfect, but it's a total bomb for cleaning. Neither is UV of itself. But anti-reflective as a category is fabulous IMHO.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by carladea:
It is very hard for me to sell something I don't fully believe in, and I had trouble selling................<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Carla,

I bleive you've said it all right there! Sell what you know, and feel most comfortable with selling. It's your name on the back of the frame.

We also have shyed away from many of the premium glass, for what I consider "trade-offs" and the consummer pays a price for these, to boot! Three glass types represent 99.9% of our sales: Premium Clear, Conservation Clear and Reflection Control

Two years ago, the sales of these three were probably 75-10-15% respectively. Today that has shifted to 60-20-10%, and the sales of Conservation Clear continue to grow.

I believe that it will continue to grow as the standard "default" glazing product in our shop and within the custom framing industry.

"All due respect for those using Sandel products, as I'm using Tru-Vue. I should be using generic terms."

John

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The Frame Workshop of Appleton, Inc.
www.theframeworkshop.com
Appleton, Wisconsin
jerserwi@aol.com
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We only offer conservation mats and conservation glass. Anything else you have to beg us to supply. Our customers seem to have no problem and frequently the question we ask is "Do you want UV regular or UV non glare?" Mostly they don't ask and trust us to use the best thing for their work
 
We sell only Premium clear, UV clear, or Reflection control. I do not like the anti-relective glass available, and won't sell it unless the glass companies come up with something better. I've tried the Sandel UV glass, but found it has a yellow tint to it which I don't like.
 
I'm puzzled. You fellow framers and our practices in our shop are usually right on. So....I seem to be the only one who can't abide ReflectionControl or non-glare glass. I've seen all of it. I still won't use it because in my opinion, it fuzzes the image and looks awful from an angle. This presents a dilemma as the anti-reflectives don't provide a product to solve all problems. But I still prefer them very strongly over the alternative. Perhaps it gets down to what John Ranes stated: it's hard to sell what you don't believe in.
 
I'm with Merps Mom
ixnay on the on-nay areglay

If there's a glare problem I go to Tru Vue AR or better yet, Museum. I have two portraits directly behind the sales counter. When it comes to the glass moment in the conversation I point the customers toward them and ask which they prefer.

When cost is a factor I urge that they opt for UV protection
 
The "default" glass in our framing software is Tru-Vue "Tru-Guard", so we sell it more than anything else.

But we still stock "Museum" glass for those who drive up in BMW or Lexus SUVs, "AR" glass for the grandparents in Buicks, and regular glass for college kids in Yugos.
 
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