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  • PJ-Cubs
    PJ-Cubs Posts: 3,377
    GivenToLukinKP wrote:
    My first do-it-yourself frame job, using materials ordered on american frame (thanks to all on here who refer there!)
    I think it turned out pretty good. The frame is a mahogoney; double matted with a slightly off white on top and a coffee bean brown underneath.

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    I had originally decided to do all black framing on my posters, but this one I am pretty sure is going to end up in my bedroom, so the wood tone looks nice with my furniture. I have it in the living room for now so I can enjoy it a bit more for a few days :D
    next up: EV Chicago 2011; night 1 and Jermaine Rogers Soldier of Peace from PJ20 (not sure if i will frame the foil "Ten Club Second Annual Rockin Poster Convention" variant version or the paper version; was leaning towards the paper version until I saw Lorna's foil above!! :shock: Gorgeous, girl!!

    Looks great! Can't wait to see what you do with your EV Chicago. I am still trying to figure out how I am going to frame the night 1 and night 2 set from those shows.
  • GivenToLukinKP
    GivenToLukinKP Chicago Posts: 3,076
    PJ-Cubs wrote:
    Looks great! Can't wait to see what you do with your EV Chicago. I am still trying to figure out how I am going to frame the night 1 and night 2 set from those shows.

    Thanks Jason! :)

    I really want to frame both of the EV Chicago prints from this year, but due to lack of space and the fact that I like the b&w "classic" theme of night 1 best, I think I am going to go for that one first. I may end up framing them identically in my dining room together....

    Right now, I am thinking a thick black frame with a simple border design and a double matting of white and dark grey. I am waiting on some matte samples to decide for sure. I will def post it when I do it (probably next month due to fund-age) :D
    Makes much more sense...

    2011: East Troy, WI 1 & 2; Toronto ON 1 & 2; Hamilton ON
    2012: Berlin, Germany 1& 2; Stockholm Sweden; Oslo Norway; Copenhagen Denmark
    2013: Wrigley Field- Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA 1 & 2; Hartford, CT; Vancouver BC; Seattle, WA.
    2014: Cincinnati, OH; St. Louis, MO; Moline, IL; Milwaukee, WI
    2016: Wrigley Field- Chicago 1&2
  • snow_board_rider
    snow_board_rider Posts: 943
    I hope to pickup my Klausen PJ20 from the framer tomorrow. Pics to come.
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  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    GivenToLukinKP wrote:
    My first do-it-yourself frame job, using materials ordered on american frame (thanks to all on here who refer there!)
    I think it turned out pretty good. The frame is a mahogoney; double matted with a slightly off white on top and a coffee bean brown underneath.

    IMG_2268-1.jpg

    IMG_2269.jpg

    IMG_2275-1.jpg

    I had originally decided to do all black framing on my posters, but this one I am pretty sure is going to end up in my bedroom, so the wood tone looks nice with my furniture. I have it in the living room for now so I can enjoy it a bit more for a few days :D
    next up: EV Chicago 2011; night 1 and Jermaine Rogers Soldier of Peace from PJ20 (not sure if i will frame the foil "Ten Club Second Annual Rockin Poster Convention" variant version or the paper version; was leaning towards the paper version until I saw Lorna's foil above!! :shock: Gorgeous, girl!!

    That looks really well done. Was it easy to do it yourself? I am thinking of giving americanframe a try since I bought the Ottawa poster at the show and it is so damn big it will cost me a fortune to get it done by a pro. I am curious, what did you use to secure the poster to the mat? I know you have to use acid free tape, but I am not sure if I feel like spending 30 bucks on 165 feet of it from american frame when I will really only need maybe 3 feet. Anyone know other options for where to get this kind of stuff in smaller amounts? Either stores or online places that preferrable ship to Canada?
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,306
    GivenToLukinKP wrote:
    My first do-it-yourself frame job, using materials ordered on american frame (thanks to all on here who refer there!)
    I think it turned out pretty good.
    hell of a job, first timer! :shock: :mrgreen: :thumbup:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • GivenToLukinKP
    GivenToLukinKP Chicago Posts: 3,076
    Kel Varnsen wrote:
    That looks really well done. Was it easy to do it yourself? I am thinking of giving americanframe a try since I bought the Ottawa poster at the show and it is so damn big it will cost me a fortune to get it done by a pro. I am curious, what did you use to secure the poster to the mat? I know you have to use acid free tape, but I am not sure if I feel like spending 30 bucks on 165 feet of it from american frame when I will really only need maybe 3 feet. Anyone know other options for where to get this kind of stuff in smaller amounts? Either stores or online places that preferrable ship to Canada?

    Thanks! :)

    I actually did not use any tape to secure the print....Since you specify everything with American Frame when you order, I knew what my overhang was and just lined it up freehand. The only tape I did use was to keep the 2 mattes lined up together (the bottom matte had a 1/2 inch smaller footprint for some reason, which it should not have, so I used a tiny, tiny peice of acid free tape on the back of the white matte to lay the brown matte on top of it. I had acid free tape that I bought at Micheals a while ago for a different project (that never came to fruition..haha). I think it was relatively cheap...check the scrapbooking section at craft stores.
    I would NOT recommend taping your print down, especially with 3 feet of tape, acid free or not! :shock: Even if you aren't planning to reframe it, I would never put that much tape on a print (ideally, none, but certainly not that much). Of course, that is just my opinion....

    To answer your other question, it was SUPER easy. The worst part for me was screwing in all the metal clips to hold the art tight into the frame. It called for pre-drilling holes and then screwing it in, but I didnt trust myself to be a gentle enough driller and was afraid to crack the frame (or drill all the way through it on accident :lol: ) The wood was soft enough I just went right into it with the screws and that worked out great :D
    imalive wrote:
    hell of a job, first timer!

    Thank you sir :mrgreen: :ugeek:
    I quite fancy it myself!
    Makes much more sense...

    2011: East Troy, WI 1 & 2; Toronto ON 1 & 2; Hamilton ON
    2012: Berlin, Germany 1& 2; Stockholm Sweden; Oslo Norway; Copenhagen Denmark
    2013: Wrigley Field- Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA 1 & 2; Hartford, CT; Vancouver BC; Seattle, WA.
    2014: Cincinnati, OH; St. Louis, MO; Moline, IL; Milwaukee, WI
    2016: Wrigley Field- Chicago 1&2
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,306
    GivenToLukinKP wrote:
    I would NOT recommend taping your print down, especially with 3 feet of tape, acid free or not! :shock: Even if you aren't planning to reframe it, I would never put that much tape on a print (ideally, none, but certainly not that much). Of course, that is just my opinion....
    I tape the whole damn thing down with whatever tape is laying around :shock: :lol:
    GivenToLukinKP wrote:
    It called for pre-drilling holes and then screwing it in, but I didnt trust myself to be a gentle enough driller and was afraid to crack the frame (or drill all the way through it on accident :lol: ) The wood was soft enough I just went right into it with the screws and that worked out great :D
    yep, just run those suckers in....eff a bunch of pre-drilling :lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • Dirty Frankk
    Dirty Frankk Posts: 4,274
    Double wood frame, thin gold and bold brown for Indian Minneapolis

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  • Dirty Frankk
    Dirty Frankk Posts: 4,274
    GivenToLukinKP wrote:
    My first do-it-yourself frame job, using materials ordered on american frame (thanks to all on here who refer there!)
    I think it turned out pretty good. The frame is a mahogoney; double matted with a slightly off white on top and a coffee bean brown underneath.

    IMG_2268-1.jpg

    That is a nice poster and even more nicer frame.
    Awesome job!!
    CAN'T KEEP CRAZY MARY IN MY TREE NO WAY NOT FOR YOU. ALL THOSE YESTERDAY JEREMY is ALONE, SAD with RATS & BUGS it's HARD TO IMAGINE a JEREMY a BETTER MAN.
    LIFE WASTED, BLOOD on the PORCH, LAST KISS is a WISHLIST DEEP DOWN NOTHING AS IT SEEMS WHY GO COME BACK ALIVE SPIN THE BLACK CIRCLE and SMILE.
  • StevieG73
    StevieG73 Dublin, Ireland and New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 454
    If you're framing a poster that's been in a tube, do you have to do anything to the poster to flatten it out before framing it? Gather all the facts before I frame my first one. :D
    2000 = Montreal 
    2003 = Montreal
    2005 = Halifax, St. John's Night 1
    2008 = NYC Night 1, 
    2010 = Boston
    2011 = EV - Boston, PJ20 Night 1&2, Toronto
    2012 = EV - Orlando Night 1&2
    2013 = Chicago, Worcester Night 1
    2016 = Boston '16
  • phungi
    phungi Posts: 641
    when buying online (eg, from AmericanFrame) what glass do you recommend?
    37 PJ Shows, 3 EV Shows, 1134 Total Songs, 24 Different Openers, 9 Different Closers, 252 Unique Songs (never enough)
  • PJ-Cubs
    PJ-Cubs Posts: 3,377
    StevieG73 wrote:
    If you're framing a poster that's been in a tube, do you have to do anything to the poster to flatten it out before framing it? Gather all the facts before I frame my first one. :D

    I usually flatten by posters by storing them between 2 pieces of acid free foam core (used for framing and available at art or craft stores). After a week or two, the prints are pretty flat and it seems like a pretty safe way to do it.
  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    GivenToLukinKP wrote:
    Kel Varnsen wrote:
    That looks really well done. Was it easy to do it yourself? I am thinking of giving americanframe a try since I bought the Ottawa poster at the show and it is so damn big it will cost me a fortune to get it done by a pro. I am curious, what did you use to secure the poster to the mat? I know you have to use acid free tape, but I am not sure if I feel like spending 30 bucks on 165 feet of it from american frame when I will really only need maybe 3 feet. Anyone know other options for where to get this kind of stuff in smaller amounts? Either stores or online places that preferrable ship to Canada?

    Thanks! :)

    I actually did not use any tape to secure the print....Since you specify everything with American Frame when you order, I knew what my overhang was and just lined it up freehand. The only tape I did use was to keep the 2 mattes lined up together (the bottom matte had a 1/2 inch smaller footprint for some reason, which it should not have, so I used a tiny, tiny peice of acid free tape on the back of the white matte to lay the brown matte on top of it. I had acid free tape that I bought at Micheals a while ago for a different project (that never came to fruition..haha). I think it was relatively cheap...check the scrapbooking section at craft stores.
    I would NOT recommend taping your print down, especially with 3 feet of tape, acid free or not! :shock: Even if you aren't planning to reframe it, I would never put that much tape on a print (ideally, none, but certainly not that much). Of course, that is just my opinion....

    To answer your other question, it was SUPER easy. The worst part for me was screwing in all the metal clips to hold the art tight into the frame. It called for pre-drilling holes and then screwing it in, but I didnt trust myself to be a gentle enough driller and was afraid to crack the frame (or drill all the way through it on accident :lol: ) The wood was soft enough I just went right into it with the screws and that worked out great :D

    Intersting that you didn't need tape since if you watch the how-to videos on americanframe.com they talk about using a piece of tape on the top of the art to secure it to the mat. If I do order I will have to see first if it works without tape. And the three feet was more of an exageration than anthing to point out I would never ever use the 165' foot roll that they are selling, unless I decided to wrap christmas presents with it.
  • GivenToLukinKP
    GivenToLukinKP Chicago Posts: 3,076
    Kel Varnsen wrote:
    Intersting that you didn't need tape since if you watch the how-to videos on americanframe.com they talk about using a piece of tape on the top of the art to secure it to the mat.

    I'm a "no directions" kinda girl :lol: I didn't bother to watch the video. I'm sure if you use the proper kind of tape, its fine. I'm just a tad bit OCD and if I put tape on my prints, everytime i looked at the finished product I would wonder what kind of damage was being done by the tape holding it inside. If I ever wanted to take something out of its frame, I would worry the tape would rip or remove a layer of the paper.

    I worry too much, basically :lol:

    Good luck to you in framing---if you follow thier directions, I'm sure its fine. They are certainly the experts in comparison to me! :D
    PJ-Cubs wrote:
    StevieG73 wrote:
    If you're framing a poster that's been in a tube, do you have to do anything to the poster to flatten it out before framing it? Gather all the facts before I frame my first one.

    I usually flatten by posters by storing them between 2 pieces of acid free foam core (used for framing and available at art or craft stores). After a week or two, the prints are pretty flat and it seems like a pretty safe way to do it.

    +1
    I flatten all of my posters before they go into my portfolio, and I do it similarily to Jason but I place a bunch of stuff on the top board to add weight and help flatten quicker (books, magazines, PJ SD box sets :lol: ) Don't try to frame a poster fresh out of the tube. Nothing good will come of that! Just allow for enough flattening time; the longer its been in the tube, the longer it will probably take to flatten.
    Dirty Frankk wrote:
    That is a nice poster and even more nicer frame.
    Awesome job!!

    Thanks!! I'm diggin the Minneapolis EV that you just did as well!! GREAT poster and an amazing show!! :D
    Makes much more sense...

    2011: East Troy, WI 1 & 2; Toronto ON 1 & 2; Hamilton ON
    2012: Berlin, Germany 1& 2; Stockholm Sweden; Oslo Norway; Copenhagen Denmark
    2013: Wrigley Field- Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA 1 & 2; Hartford, CT; Vancouver BC; Seattle, WA.
    2014: Cincinnati, OH; St. Louis, MO; Moline, IL; Milwaukee, WI
    2016: Wrigley Field- Chicago 1&2
  • StevieG73
    StevieG73 Dublin, Ireland and New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 454
    GivenToLukinKP wrote:
    PJ-Cubs wrote:
    StevieG73 wrote:
    If you're framing a poster that's been in a tube, do you have to do anything to the poster to flatten it out before framing it? Gather all the facts before I frame my first one.

    I usually flatten by posters by storing them between 2 pieces of acid free foam core (used for framing and available at art or craft stores). After a week or two, the prints are pretty flat and it seems like a pretty safe way to do it.

    +1
    I flatten all of my posters before they go into my portfolio, and I do it similarily to Jason but I place a bunch of stuff on the top board to add weight and help flatten quicker (books, magazines, PJ SD box sets :lol: ) Don't try to frame a poster fresh out of the tube. Nothing good will come of that! Just allow for enough flattening time; the longer its been in the tube, the longer it will probably take to flatten.

    Perfect...thanks for the advice guys! :D
    2000 = Montreal 
    2003 = Montreal
    2005 = Halifax, St. John's Night 1
    2008 = NYC Night 1, 
    2010 = Boston
    2011 = EV - Boston, PJ20 Night 1&2, Toronto
    2012 = EV - Orlando Night 1&2
    2013 = Chicago, Worcester Night 1
    2016 = Boston '16
  • ahill721
    ahill721 Posts: 2,071
    I have usede AmericanFrames to get supplies for multiple posters, and like Kelly, have NEVER taped the actual poster to anything. The key is making sure it is lined up perfect and using the little metal pieces to provide pressure in the right areas to keep the poster in place.

    I have had one poster framed like that for about a year and a half now, and I have not seen it shift, or become misplaced.
  • EZ1221C
    EZ1221C Posts: 2,645
    Look what I got: :D:D:D
    IMG_0101.jpg


    If anyone has framing suggestions, I'm all ears.
    PLAY THE SOUTH
  • elwayvedder
    elwayvedder South Jersey Posts: 9,177
    EZ1221C wrote:
    Look what I got: :D:D:D
    IMG_0101.jpg


    If anyone has framing suggestions, I'm all ears.

    Mazel Tov! I know you have been searching for a long time. May it bring you lots of happy thoughts and memories
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  • EZ1221C
    EZ1221C Posts: 2,645
    elwayvedder wrote:
    Mazel Tov! I know you have been searching for a long time. May it bring you lots of happy thoughts and memories
    Thanks Dave! Getting this today was a huge relief. I can't wait to get it framed. :D
    PLAY THE SOUTH
  • timc
    timc Posts: 664
    EZ1221C wrote:
    Look what I got: :D:D:D
    IMG_0101.jpg


    If anyone has framing suggestions, I'm all ears.

    Nice, I know the great feeling of getting a LOOOOOOOOONG time ISO!

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