poster pros need ur help please...
ok i have the 4 philly posters and a couple my morning jacket posters. i know nothing about framing, and plan on getting them done in the next few months. in the mean time i was gonna temporarily place them in the plastic type you can get at Michael's for like $15 and hang them in my basement (which receives no sunlight at all). is this acceptable for a few months or will it potentially ruin them and how/why? thanks in advance for all ur suggestions and advice.
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myth 2: The Michael's frames are that say acid free are Okay. Yeah the front mat may be acid free, but not the backing boards or cardbaord. So it defeats the purpose. Even the plastics can contain yellowing acids. (the acids in the papers make your prints turn yellow)
so if you buy those frames pony up for a piece or two of acid free may bard to cut for the backing boards at the very least. They should have mounting stuff that will be acid free as well (also called archival). Will they yellow overnight? No it would be a little bit over time, but the less acid the better. hell your fingers the tubes we get them in all have it so if for a short term put a few pieces of acid fee drawing paper between the print and the backboard and it should do...it won't totally prevent transfer of acid but will help.
to get a good frame with all archival mounts and UV resistant glass be prepared to spend over 100 per frame. If you did it all yourself you could save some of that cost, but materials will still run around 50.
if you store them do it flat. I found that shipping boxes for pictures and mirrors are a good size and fit under a bed. If you get some acid free plastic bags to put them in the cardbaord won't hurt it.
Definately do that. Ive done that to all my "in purgatory" posters that I haven't nicely framed yet but still want to enjoy in the meantime. Sad but there are about 50 of 'em. Oh man that's bad.