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Fort Worth Posts: 217
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Just a regular sized Cliver from Wrigley. Get it home and it's a tad long...maybe a centimeter, but it doesn't fit. Should I take it somewhere to get a tad shaved off the top, or pay a lot more for custom framing?

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    Depends on how much you love it
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    If you plan on selling it someday then don't cut it. Otherwise shave away.
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  • Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    Hello, Exacto! Meet Mr. T square! Either have it carefully cut down slightly (take the frame with you to make sure that you got the right amount) or just do it yourself if you have the supplies. I wouldn't hesitate.
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  • Fort Worth Posts: 217
    Thanks guys. Tough call. I'll never sell it!
  • Posts: 4,129
    I don't think I could ever bring myself to cutting the poster.
  • Tinley Park, IL Posts: 3,388
    I put my Cliver in a frame yesterday, and it fit perfectly. Interesting.
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  • Posts: 2,827
    You could always trim the opening of the frame lip as well, assuming it's a wood frame, it wouldn't be hard.
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    RP112579 said:

    I put my Cliver in a frame yesterday, and it fit perfectly. Interesting.

    Not all frames are built exactly perfect these days. That's why I said if it's wood. Take a sharp knife and trim a little bit of the wood away, especially if it's only about a centimeter.
  • Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    Ray J. T. said:

    I don't think I could ever bring myself to cutting the poster.

    I'm an artist so whacking off a lil from the edge isn't as scary for me as some.
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  • Posts: 68
    The Wrigley FAILE print doesn't fit a standard 18x24 either. Gonna need a shave.
  • New Jersey Posts: 8,835
    Ray J. T. said:

    I don't think I could ever bring myself to cutting the poster.

    Same.
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  • Posts: 2,203
    I'd never cut a print of mine. It sounds like you're going for a pretty basic frame job which wouldn't be too expensive at a frame shop. Good luck..
  • Posts: 48
    I'd never cut a print - it would just be painful doing so
  • Athens, Greece Posts: 2,444
    Ray J. T. said:

    I don't think I could ever bring myself to cutting the poster.

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  • Posts: 253
    If taking 30s to shave a cm off my print is the difference between fitting it in a standard frame and paying hundreds and waiting weeks for a custom frame, hand me that X-acto every time.
  • Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    It's just paper and it is just a minor shave. It's not a cut across the middle! I promise, you aren't stabbing it or anything. I would certainly prefer to shave off a centimeter rather than spend an extra hundred or so for a custom frame to make sure that extra centimeter of white fit. I get that people feel a lil uncertain about taking a blade to a $35 print. I promise, it isn't that big of a deal though. If you lived around here, I'd have you swing by and I would handle it for you. Smile included with every shave! :smiley:
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  • Hershey PA Posts: 3,975
    this thread just feels like blasphemy with all the serious poster collectors around here. But at the same time makes a lot of sense, it's just a $35 poster lol
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  • Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    a5pj said:

    this thread just feels like blasphemy with all the serious poster collectors around here. But at the same time makes a lot of sense, it's just a $35 poster lol

    If it was a one shot run, a one of a kind and never another-- I'd get the romance about keeping every shred of paper intact. However, it is a larger run print, not the variant, so it wouldn't hold me back. I would consider the variant a lil differently. In the end, if you aren't selling it and just keeping it for yourself, you want to keep costs down, roll with a prefab frame, shave a lil off and save yourself money. If you want to keep all molecules of this paper intact and want to pay more for framing, have at it. Truly, whatever takes you where you need to go and no judgment from me. Honestly, whatever it takes to have it make it to your wall . . . I just hate these things living in poster files. They are meant to be seen and loved and to have you stand in front of them and say, "Damn! That was a great show!" :rock_on:
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    deadendp said:

    It's just paper and it is just a minor shave. It's not a cut across the middle! I promise, you aren't stabbing it or anything. I would certainly prefer to shave off a centimeter rather than spend an extra hundred or so for a custom frame to make sure that extra centimeter of white fit. I get that people feel a lil uncertain about taking a blade to a $35 print. I promise, it isn't that big of a deal though. If you lived around here, I'd have you swing by and I would handle it for you. Smile included with every shave! :smiley:

    I agree.... if the cutting is done while taking one's time, the difference will be negligible. O what makes you happy.... and what seems financially appropriate :)
  • Fort Worth Posts: 217
    Thanks for all of the feedback. I never considered altering the frame. May try that first.
    I've tried it in multiple frames and it's slightly too big for all of them. Guess I just go the end cut.
    At least this gives me a project for the weekend.

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