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How do you back/frame and hang posters of all size

Posted on 6/3/19 at 9:57 am
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 9:57 am
Share your success stories. After lots of reading online, I can't find one good way to back a poster of large size (think map sized).

Cannot buy frames of these sizes either.

Any input of your experiences will be nice! TIA.
Posted by TroyHenley
USA
Member since Oct 2014
61 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 10:09 am to
Hobby Lobby has a custom framing section in the back, quality work and very reasonable. I've gotten several maps done there in the past.
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
27578 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 10:14 am to
It isn't rocket science. Use acid free double sided non-permanent tape, like the kind used by scrap book people, and mount the poster on acid free foam core.

As for matting, I use a Logan mat cutter to cut mat. To make frames, get a corner clamp. I don't cut my own glass, only because i use UV glass and it doesn't cost any more to get it cut to size.

I like to have things neatly framed but I'd rather do it myself because I'd rather be in the workshop than listening to someone else watching TV.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91636 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 10:27 am to
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Cannot buy frames of these sizes either.


Goodwill is your friend. Seriously. You can find frames in all kinds of oddball sizes and at worst you might need to hit it with a can of paint.

You'd pay a couple hundred at hobby lobby for custom framing at that size or $7 at Goodwill plus a little elbow grease.
This post was edited on 6/3/19 at 10:29 am
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
10848 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 10:32 am to
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I don't cut my own glass, only because i use UV glass and it doesn't cost any more to get it cut to size.

Where do you buy your glass and have it cut? I've been wanting to get into framing.
Posted by hungryone
river parishes
Member since Sep 2010
11987 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:41 am to
Any large online art supply house, like Jerry's Artarama or Dick Blick or Cheap Joe's, will sell metal channel framing in pairs. You pick two dimensions (l and w), order the pairs, and you'll be able to put together black gallery-style metal frames with nothing more than a screwdriver. The metal channels have corner brackets that fit inside the channel. Here's one example, but they're sold in many styles: LINK

Acid free tape and acid free foamboard to mount.

Hardware store for glass, though I seriously recommend Plexiglass if the image is very large. It is lighter and far safer.

Frame a few things yourself, and you'll never go back to the ridiculously overpriced Michael's or Hobby Lobby framing depts. Ridiculous markup!
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
27578 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 12:51 pm to
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Where do you buy your glass and have it cut?


I get the glass at either Hobby Lobby or Michaels, depending on who has the better price at the moment. In Lafayette the stores are right next to each other so I can walk from one to the other and get price quotes. Usually Hobby Lobby has the better glass at the better price.
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
27578 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 12:54 pm to
And if someone wants a very low cost alternative custom frame job, I have also ordered custom frame, mats and glass from Frame Destination. You have to provide precise measurements but they will ship you all the pieces to put it together. I have used them twice for things when I didn't have the time to do it myself and both times it was a flawless transaction.
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