Digital BW, The Print

Alan-
 
thanks for the info. As you can tell, my show is coming up rather
quickly, and I needed an easy solution. There are two different
Westminster Rag products, the buffered and non buffered. Which do you
use? And what is 'buffered'?
 
Thanks again for the lenghty reply. So many things to do, such little
time!
 
-Andy

	-----Original Message-----
	From: A. Huntley [mailto:prasepe@...] 
	Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 4:00 PM
	To: 'DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com'
	Subject: RE: [Digital BW] OT: Framing materials. Need advice
	
	
	Hi Andrew,
	
	I highly recommend www.lightimpressionsdirect.com for all your
framing needs. They do carry a complete frame kit, but it is not
	cheap.
	
	Generally, for window matts and the matt your photo is mounted
to I would stick with a 100% rag board similar to Light Impressions's
	Westminster Rag. I use the Bright White for B&W images. If you
can get away with standard sizes and openings, they offer a pre-made
	package consisting of a 4-ply window matt taped (with linen
tape, of course) to a 2-ply backing board. I would not recommend this
set
	up, however, for anything over A3 in size. For 13x19, and above,
I use foam core backing boards with a 4-ply window matt.
	
	The Nielsen metal frames are nice and, also, affordable. For
"glass" I would recommend OP-3 acyrlic which is claimed to filter 98% of
	UV. Recently, I went on a hunt for this material based on a
message posted by Martin a few weeks back. He recommended Tap Plastics,
	 onlbut they have stores in CA,y, and do not ship flat sheet
acrylic. If you live near one of their stores, you're all set. Visit
www.tapplastics.com
	for information and to decide what you want before going to the
store. Otherwise, you will have to do what I did...call around to find a
	distributor in your area that can get OP-3 material and who
provides custom cuts. You will probably have to buy a 4x8 foot sheet,
but
	the savings is incredible. In my case, I was looking for 22x28
sheets for framing 13x19 inkjet prints. Light Impressions charges $38.95
US
	per; I can get the same thing through a local distributor for
$11.83 US per. Money in my pocket ALWAYS works for me! :-)
	
	Hope this helps.
	
	Best regards,
	Alan
	
	-----Original Message-----
	From:      andrewmbiggs [SMTP:abiggs@...]
	Sent:      Sunday, September 08, 2002 10:31 AM
	To:      DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
	Subject:      [Digital BW] OT: Framing materials. Need advice
	
	I will be presenting my first display of 19 images in a few
weeks 
	here in Austin, Texas. Which brings me to some framing
questions. My 
	requirements are: low cost, with professional look, ability to
take 
	images out and replace with new ones, and, initially, no
expensive 
	hardware, such as pricey dry mounts or pricey mat cutters.
	
	So, here are my questions:
	
	1) looking at the mats at pictureframes.com, are their mats of 
	decent quality? I would like to have the mats be thick, and with

	nice 45 degree cuts. The images on the site do not convey enough

	info.
	
	2) I will have non-standard cropping on many of my images, which

	will require custom cuts.
	
	3) any vendors with complete framing kits? Yes, I have seen the 
	metal frame kits from pictureframes.com, but I have quality 
	questions with their mats. I am willing to pay some more for
nice 
	mats, because I believe a poor quality mat, with a poor quality
cut 
	really stands out, and affects the display as a whole.
	
	Sorry for the off-topic. But I suspect there are many in this
group 
	who are curious, as I am.
	
	
	
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