JbNormandog
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
Hi All,
I have a very good customer that has brought me over a dozen signed movie posters over the last year.
He wanted all of them doen the exact same way. This framing was a narrow metal frame, plexi, acid free foam core.
They looked good and he was very happy with them. Once they were hanging for some time a few of them began to get a bit wavy in the middle.
He got his framing recomendations on how they should be framed from a website and thought that way was the best way to do them. I thought that way was fine and that is why I went ahead with the job.
I thought some of the waviness might have been from the poster sagging a bit so once he brought them back I let them lay on their backs for 10 days and they settled mostly flat, then I tried a small hinge in the top corners to stop the posters from sliding down. Let them lean in my shop for 2 more weeks and they still looked good.
Got a call 3 days after he picked them up saying that it is happening again.
The only difference between his home and my shop was that they were not hanging here just leaning.
I am thinking that the wire is pulling the long sides in and flexing the middle enough for them to get wavy.
I am hoping to combat this with using wall buddies. This way they will be supported mostly from the top and cause no stress on the sides. I am also hoping that they will keep it square (or at least not make it unsquare like the wire did).
I thought about a kite wire in the back but would rather spend the extra money and get the right fix asap.
They are all signed somewhat valuable posters so drymounting in any form is out of the question.
So with all I've said what do you think? Will wall buddies save the day? Do you agree that it is probably the wire pulling in the longs of a metal frame?
(Done a few of my own posters with the same frame but I drymount my own posters because they are for my own enjoyment and not purchased as an investment, but have never had a problem with it)
OK grumblers fire away!!!
I have a very good customer that has brought me over a dozen signed movie posters over the last year.
He wanted all of them doen the exact same way. This framing was a narrow metal frame, plexi, acid free foam core.
They looked good and he was very happy with them. Once they were hanging for some time a few of them began to get a bit wavy in the middle.
He got his framing recomendations on how they should be framed from a website and thought that way was the best way to do them. I thought that way was fine and that is why I went ahead with the job.
I thought some of the waviness might have been from the poster sagging a bit so once he brought them back I let them lay on their backs for 10 days and they settled mostly flat, then I tried a small hinge in the top corners to stop the posters from sliding down. Let them lean in my shop for 2 more weeks and they still looked good.
Got a call 3 days after he picked them up saying that it is happening again.
The only difference between his home and my shop was that they were not hanging here just leaning.
I am thinking that the wire is pulling the long sides in and flexing the middle enough for them to get wavy.
I am hoping to combat this with using wall buddies. This way they will be supported mostly from the top and cause no stress on the sides. I am also hoping that they will keep it square (or at least not make it unsquare like the wire did).
I thought about a kite wire in the back but would rather spend the extra money and get the right fix asap.
They are all signed somewhat valuable posters so drymounting in any form is out of the question.
So with all I've said what do you think? Will wall buddies save the day? Do you agree that it is probably the wire pulling in the longs of a metal frame?
(Done a few of my own posters with the same frame but I drymount my own posters because they are for my own enjoyment and not purchased as an investment, but have never had a problem with it)
OK grumblers fire away!!!