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Picture framing is my hobby..and looking to start it as a business soon.I have a question if someone can answer .. I will greatly appriciate it. 'What to spray on the picture to give its surface a granny texture..( for glass less framing) , not sure what kind of spray is used, I tried varnish, Lacquer etc. I want to know the exact brand to use and how to use..(obviously where to get it from?)

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Aseehra
 
Don't have the name but there are adds for it in the back of framing magazines.(might be Z-gel)

I wouldn't use it though, you get no protection from it and the art will be suseptible to dust and damage from interior air polution. There may be some uv protection to it but not sure.

Use glass, you get a nicer product that will stand up for decades.

Bob
 
Laminate. The cost is high and it is a hassle. You need a press to apply the laminate. The only good reason to use it is if you are shipping since the cost is similar to glass but it is very labor intensive and you need to own equipment to do it.
 
Forget the spray idea. Kinko's does laminating, and it's not very expensive. However, what is your reason for wanting to avoid glass? Don't forget that lamination is not a reversible process and should not be used for anything of value.
:cool: Rick
 
I'm guessing they meant grainy and not granny. That would be the laminate if my guess of spelling is correct.
 
What to use and how to apply it depends a lot on the media you plan to coat. Here's one of many companies that offers coatings in hobby-sized by spray cans at rip-off prices...

http://www.inkjetart.com/cart/finishing-protective-coatings-c-823_824.html

If you poke around on the site you'll find application notes and such.

If at all possible use a water based spray instead of a solvent based spray. Both can cause health problems, but solvent will rot your brain and requires an expensive mask while water based is OK to use with a cheap 3M #8511 mask.

Yeah Z-gel is cool if you want the textured look, you can even brush it on with strokes that accentuate objects in the picture. Not super resistant to cleaning, but then neither is an oil painting.

http://zhardware.com/pdf/zgel_techniques.pdf
 
I would go the lamination route. I used to do a lot of it at one time using coarse canvas textured film. Not cheap stuff, but it lasts. i still have a few big prints I did 20 years ago and they are still sound. Can't say the same for the (few) texture gel ones I did.
The thought occurs that to use texture gel you still have to dry-mount the prints (ideally), so you would need a press in any case and the dry-mounting amd laminating can be done in one operation if you cook it long enough.
 
There is a spray made by McDonald's called Texture. It is a photo lacquer and I am honestly not even sure if these McDonald's photo sprays are still being made and they smell awful and I am sure they are really bad for you to breathe but OTOH - it is a great finish!!!
 
Thanks

Thanks a lot to everyone whosoever has replied.. actually I'm using general posters (in expensive ones) for framing. I want to give grainy texture to it ( such texture can be seen on almost every poster framed without glass).
 
aseehra said:
such texture can be seen on almost every poster framed without glass.
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You might just mean a standard matte finish laminate, which most any framer will do for you -(needs equipment & film)

You may get the results you want by applying clear acrylic medium with a brush using dif directions or a roller - not sure what you mean by "granny" texture though.

"Grainy" would imply an image made of very small dots packed closely together and only visible when viewed closely.
 
What you are looking for is the laminate film which is available in many finishes. The posters are mounted to foam core then the film is applied with a heat press or roller laminator. Using a liquid finish on posters tends to bow the since the paper absorbs the liquid and when they dry it shrinks. There are ways to correct or prevent this but it all becomes more expensive and time consuming than using glass.

Shipping the posters is the only reason to use laminate since glass will be less expensive considering cost of film, time involved and equipment required.
 
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