Picture Frame Glass Cleaner

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blh0f3

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I am purchasing a new piece of glass for the frame of an expensive serigraph. Prior to putting the glass in the frame, how are you supposed to clean the side of the glass that will be touching (or very close to the serigraph) the serigraph? I’m concerned about using glass cleaner that may have negative effects on the serigraph.

Do you have any suggestions?
 
  • Glass should not be touching the serigraph - it should be separated from the art by mats and/or spacers
  • If this is an expensive piece of art, and you are concerned about protective framing, do you know what else you should be concerned with? Have you discussed with a professional picture framer? Maybe it would be worth having a professional do the assembly for you.
  • If you are replacing the glazing perhaps it is because the original was broken; and if it is an expensive piece of art you may wish to consider acrylic (OP3 or Optium Museum) instead of glass. Acrylic is much less likely to cause damage to the art if the frame sustains injury, such as falling from the wall.
  • Glass can be cleaned with any non-ammonia cleaner (e.g. Sprayway) or with an alcohol/water mix
  • What kind of glass? UV filtering such as Conservation Clear, Conservation Reflection Control, or Museum? Do you know how to tell which side goes next to art?
  • If it is Museum glass, handle it only by the edges, and try to avoid the need to clean it at all!!!!
  • A 3M MicroFiber cloth is good for cleaning glass
 
DITTO

and .... if you aren't a trained professional, and insist on NOT using a trained Professional Picture Framer, then by all means make sure the cleaner you use contains NONE of the below:

  1. Ammonia
  2. Alcohol (methyl or ethyl)
  3. Detergents
  4. Phosphates
  5. Petroleum Distillates
  6. Varies farther from pH neutral more than .5
  7. Any residue that lasts more than 30 minutes and is UV sensitive to off-gassing.
 
You can save a couple bucks by doing it yourself but may lose an irreplacable piece of art in the process.
 
Welcome to the "G"!

I concur with all the advice above. I also commend you enough to ask a good question and would recommend that if the art is valuable that you do consult with a professional framer to make sure the art is well preserved.
 
Here is an article from Frametek about space in the frame package.

Matless Pastel Framing — And other pastel framing tips http://www.frametek.com/HTML/Articles/pastel.html

A very similar method may work to keep the glass away from your serigraph, however I would suggest that you let a professional take care of the framing for you.

If nothing the above link will offer you some idea of the complexity that can be involved in providing the correct sort of frame package for art.
 
Bring it to a framer.

For a few dollars more the framer that sells the glass would put it together for you. Unless you got your glass from a hardware store, then you don't know what kind of glass you are getting.

Small investment for something that may be worth a lot of money.

Bob
 
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