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 > > *************************************** > on the web at: www.picturexhibit.com > Saatchi Gallery: http://tinyurl.com/hw6r3 > Tiny Fine Art: http://tinyurl.com/o2ldp > *************************************** > > > =============================================================== > ============================================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and > logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you > set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.