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Hi All,


I have a magazine which as customer would like mounted. I only have a picture at this stage but it looks like it's in good condition. I haven't yet framed a mag but I am thinking that the DCO clear film wrap would be best? I have Jims book and it says to use double sided tape to attach to the backing, will this hold a standard size magazine? Would stitching through the film/backing give a stronger hold? Any tips or other suggestions of methods to mount would be great.

Cheers!!
 
Are they going to put a mat around it? If so, I'd do a sink mat. Just build spacers around the magazine equal to it's thickness and put the mat over it. You may want to have the opening of the mat overlap the edge of the magazine a bit more than usual if the design of the cover will allow.
 
The clear film wrap is perfect.

Maybe you have an early copy if Jim’s book as I’m sure he changed the method to have the first wrap pass through the mounting board.
Anyway, even if you do it as per the book you have, it doesn’t really matter what adhesive you use; to fix clear film it would probably need to be spirit-based, just use dots of it in addition to a few bits of DS tape to hold in place until it dries.

A sink mount would lose the third dimension - it would look no different than a copy of the front cover, matted.
 
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This is a great how-to video. I've framed quite a few magazines and books. I don't wrap the mylar around the front cover, it's too shiny and is distracting. I just do the pass behind the cover and through slots in the backing board. I set the magazine front about 1/8" behind the glazing, that keeps it from opening.
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Jim Miller's "clear polyester film book mount" technique is perfect for magazines. I just did the book mount on a chunky old screenplay, maybe 3/4" thick? I passed the flaps of the vertical mylar strip through slots in my float mat and it held great. I think the 3M #889 tape he recommends in his book is hard to find now, but from my PPFA class, 3M #415 was recommended and is what I keep in the shop for using with mylar based mounts. Make sure you burnish it with a bone folder for maximum adhesion.
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Echobelly said:
.I've framed quite a few magazines and books. I don't wrap the mylar around the front cover, it's too shiny and is distracting. I just do the pass behind the cover and through slots in the backing board. I set the magazine front about 1/8" behind the glazing, that keeps it from opening.
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There are a few ways the cover could be prevented from coming in to contact with the glass other than a complete wrap, but I don’t find that distracting anyway.
Many magazine covers are glossy to start with and reflections are only visible from some angles and mostly blocked by your own body when viewing
 

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These all look great! Thank you. I think I’ll try a test on an old magazine first. I agree, I don’t mind the glossy look either. What type of glazing is preferred, does the film create more reflections?
 
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Echobelly said:
This is a great how-to video. I've framed quite a few magazines and books. I don't wrap the mylar around the front cover, it's too shiny and is distracting. I just do the pass behind the cover and through slots in the backing board. I set the magazine front about 1/8" behind the glazing, that keeps it from opening.
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this is awesome! Super simple 🙏🏼
 
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Clear polyester film is extruded onto large rolls, so it always has curvature. Always place the film with the convex side against the item, so it lays flat.

If you place the film on a flat surface, such as a book or magazine, with the convex side out, it would not lay flat. The slightly bubbled film would amplify reflections.

Complete, illustrated instructions are in the Shadowbox book.
 
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Important:
Clear polyester film is extruded onto large rolls, so it always has curvature. Always place the film with the convex side against the item, so it lays flat.

If you place the film on a flat surface, such as a book or magazine, with the convex side out, it would not lay flat. The slightly bubbled film would amplify reflections.

Complete, illustrated instructions are in the Shadowbox book.
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Ah yes that makes sense. I have the shadowbox book too so will have a read, thanks Jim!
 
Hi David,

That's a very useful method. Here's a 2008 example of exactly what you described, using a vertical wrap of Mylar to support the whole newspaper, with a sheet of 4-ply matboard under the top page for rigidity, and Museum Optium Acrylic glazing. It's basically a modified book mount, replacing the horizontal wrap of Mylar with an acrylic DCO mount.
 

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Echobelly said:
This is a great how-to video. I've framed quite a few magazines and books. I don't wrap the mylar around the front cover, it's too shiny and is distracting. I just do the pass behind the cover and through slots in the backing board. I set the magazine front about 1/8" behind the glazing, that keeps it from opening.
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Oh Gee, wish I would have thought of that! Oh yeah, I did.
 
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this is awesome! Super simple 🙏🏼
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I had a customer show me this the other day.
What is the UV rating of the Mylar?
How do you keep the rest of frame interior from getting damaged?

We ended up doing the same mounting method, just with UV glass.
 
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I don't know the actual percentage, but clear polyester film (Mylar) has no useful UV filtering capability.
My suggestion is to use UV filtering glass or acrylic.
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Yep. That's the plan.
The designs in the video do not have glass, as you can touch the mylar with the frame on.
Not sure if that was just done for reflection in the video, but it was misleading to my customer.
 
RoboFramer said:
Yes, around 2006. I have 7 1111/2 hours of demonstrations on my videos so there is not much that I haven't covered ..I've taught classes and demonstrated all these methods for years and I don't mind that people use them. But it would be nice if they wouldn't take credit for the ideas. Magazines were one of the first I did when we brought out Invisi-Mount on to the market. But it would be nice if they wouldn't take credit for the ideas. The only reason I haven't put them on Youtube is because the cost to make them was thousands. All 5 are added to my big kits on a flash drive with all the parts they need to do all the different processes. It's been almost 25 years now and I've managed to stay on my feet and keep going from some party hard times. Covid being one of them. Hopefully we can weather this latest coming storm.
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I first read about the method from posts by Jim Miller, here’s one pre 2006 and there’s many before it too.


Framar

Thread 'Encapsulation Problem!'

So I finally got to use that roll of Mylar (Melinex) that I bought a year ago! I thought it would be the perfect solution for that aforementioned two-sided Chagall.

I encapsulated the painting (ink on maybe 80-100 lb. paper) with no problems - first try! I matted it in linen with a shallow filet on the front, rag mat for the back picture. Mirogard AR/UV on front, regular glass on back. (customer only wanted to be able to see the art on the back upon occasion when they take it off the wall.)

I also sealed the entire package with lineco metal tape (that grey stuff) before I installed...
 
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