Mounting a golf ball

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Alan B

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Someone down here recently asked about mounting a golf ball. As the search function doesn't appear to working yet, can anyone out there remember a post from awhile back where this was discussed in great depth. Can anyone help.
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I mounted my low score ball on astro turf at the edge of a black circle representing the cup with silicone along with the score card in a box deep enough to cover it all. It ain't rocket science!!!
 
I did a job for one of my customers awhile back that involved a hole in one, a certificate from Titleist, the score card for that round, and a map layout of the course where the "ace" was shot.

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(Sorry for the offcenter photo) I used silicone to mount the ball, the pencil, and the tee after checking with the client about the overall importance of the shadowbox to him.

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Framerguy

Nice one, I have some of the best golf clubs in Ireland very close to me, I'm surrounded by them, one is a client, I never knew about hole in one framing and have never seen anything like that framing in Ireland.......ball park what's your price on a job like that.
 
Dermot,

That was done about 5 years ago so I don't remember exactly what the cost would have been. I charge for each mount and there are 7 mounts X $7.00 per that type of mount and the shadowbox probably would go for around $225.00 - $250.00 today. (In my area of the country).

Framerguy
 
Originally posted by artist:
I mounted my...ball...with silicone... It ain't rocket science!!!
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No, it ain't rocket science. Silicone is OK, so long as you don't mind the ball being permanently changed by the silicone residue. And if you ship it or subject it to casual impact, the ball *will* fall off. Sometimes all it takes is a few years of gravitational force. (Please overlook the fact that rocket science is about gravitational force.)

The white tulle mount in a 1" nest hole is the best, using hotmelt glue on the back of the mount board. Attachment is almost invisible, no change to the ball, no danger of it falling off, and it will withstand significant impact without tearing loose. We frame at least thirty golf balls every year, and have used tulle mounts for about three years with good results.

A shadowbox class (probably hands-on workshop)in Atlanta will feature this as one of several non-invasive object mounts.
 
Please check out our web site...www.spfpinc.com
and see the baseball holder. We make those for golf balls too. It's nice looking and ZERO work.
 
WHEN IT DOESN'T MATTER about butchering the ball, we've been known to do just that: fire up a benchtop belt sander and flatten the back of the ball. Makes for a better glue surface and might well be the only way to fit into the preferred profile.
 
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