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Randy Jordan

Randy Jordan

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Just made it back from Las Vegas! (grand daughter got married) Had a "great" time, except for the heat, gambling loses, lost luggage, and herding 11 people thru the Huston, and Vegas airports. Anyway..., We did have a good time, and the wedding was beautiful. We went to the Mystere, Cirque du Soleil, which was also great. OK enough travel photos, I've seen several poster specials from some of the Grumbler's and have wondered if a poster needs a mat to keep it from sticking to the glazing, and are most posters framed with glass or acrylic? Randy J.
 
If it's an inexpensive poster that is easily replaced, and the customer is on a budget, then skip the mat. Glass vs. acrylic depends on how much the customer is concerned about breakage.
 
PaulSF said:
If it's an inexpensive poster that is easily replaced, and the customer is on a budget, then skip the mat. Glass vs. acrylic depends on how much the customer is concerned about breakage.
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I agree 100% with everything Paul said.

I would add that in my shop we frame most posters with glass, rather than acrylic/plexi, because glass is cheaper for us and for the customer. Only when the poster is valuable or the customer has money to burn do we mat it. We even get some museum glass sales on cheap posters. Never know until you ask. :)
 
Actually, if you are framing without a mat, it's a good opportunity to upsell to non-glare glass. It's right up against the poster, so there's little distortion. If you have any of this stuff in stock, that's a great way to get rid of it. Then simply don't buy any more, and only offer museum glass as your non-glare option.
 
Personally, I never set a photo/print/poster flat against glass. I install a spacer to keep a little air space - IMHO you are begging for trouble if you don't use the spacer. Acrylic is different and is suppose to be ok to not have the space, but even with acrylic I am a little uncomfortable.
 
If it is a common poster that has only decorative value and may be easily replaced, then there is little to lose.

If the environment remains constant and temperate, with no fast changes or extremes of temperature or humidity, pressing a poster (lithograph) against the glass might not cause problems. Trouble comes when moisture condenses inside the frame. The issue is "dew point", the result of a quick temperature change, especially in humid air.

Acrylic has better thermal properties than glass and would not condense moisture as readily, but direct contact mounts have other limitations. See "Acrylic Overlay Mounting" in last month's PFM.
 
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