[pure-silver] Re: pure-silver Digest V3 #242

Huh, I never thought about expansion of the boards in the back.

Thanks, Eric, I appreciate this. Although I now have to take apart and trim down the boards on about 40 prints I just got done framing.............oy vey!

Adrienne Moumin

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From: "EJ Neilsen" <ej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Droopy Prints
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:43:56 -0500

To me it sounds like you are holding too little of the print and not putting
a good moisture barrier behind your piece. When an 8x10 image area is placed
on an 11x14 paper, there is plenty of paper to be held by the matte and your
current corners are sufficient to hold the print in place. When you take
these frames apart ( I'll assume that you have taken at least one of these
apart after you saw the droop) what did you see?

Your foamcore and matte should be slightly smaller than the backside opening
so that when the expansion takes place of either board, it has some place to
go. I have also seen where the foam core will show a slight bow. Make sure
you place it in the frame with the bow pointed toward the back, not the
glass or opening side. You may even use two pieces, one with the bow toward
the back next to the print and the other with the bow forward toward the
image.

Eric Neilsen Photography
4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9
Dallas, TX 75226
214-827-8301
http://ericneilsenphotography.com

Skype : ejprinter
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adrienne Moumin
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 2:34 PM
> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [pure-silver] Droopy Prints
>
> Hi all,
>
> Here's a sitch I don't ever think I've seen mentioned in the
> discussions of
> print display.  It has to do with matted, framed prints.
>
> I find that after about 6-12 months, the part of the print that
> is visible
> thru the mat window begins to droop slightly downward, in
> somewhat of a
> loose "U" shape.   Clearly, gravity is at work here.
>
> I use 1-1/4" polypropylene mounting corners to hold the print
> in place on
> the back of the window mat.   Each print is in a Nielsen metal
> frame, and
> has a sheet of acid-free foamcore behind it.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions (short of dry mounting) about
> how to keep
> the prints flat behind the window mats?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Adrienne Moumin
>
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> Saatchi Gallery:   http://tinyurl.com/hw6r3
> Tiny Fine Art:     http://tinyurl.com/o2ldp
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