Framing a poster?

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,014
    Some posters are worth a lot of dough.  
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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    mace1229 said:
    hihobibo said:
    Just buy the standard size frames from Michaels/Hobby Lobby, etc. and then have them cut you a custom mat (which will be around $20) to size it to the standard size frame. So in the end you might spend $50 per poster to frame it. 
    I actually tried that. I didn't like it because it wasn't symmetrical. I had like 1/2" on each side, and like 2" on the top and bottom, it didn't look right. Like you said, all in all it was about $35-$40 and it looks terrible I thought. 
    Never looked into Hobby Lobby, will check their prices.
    My wife got my PJ20 poster framed for me, but pretty sure it was dry mounted. Plus side is I'll probably never take it out of the frame or try to sell it, so it doesn't really matter.
    Everything considered I'm happy with ArtToFrame so far, was about the same price. Just hoping there could be better.

    Thanks for the input.
    Dry mounting does matter.  It is horrible for anything that you are hoping to keep.  It will eventually yellow and lift from the backing. Nothing you can do now if that is the case, but I would definitely never suggest it-- ever.  

    ArtToFrames was the place that I was able to find a frame for our AIC gig poster.  Odd size.  Price was $28 or so.  I believe it included shipping.  
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  • Weezie7
    Weezie7 Twin Cities Posts: 14

     I concur, just received a frame from ArtToFrames yesterday and worked out great.  Size is 13x30.  (I tapped it a bit on the left to even it out after the pic)

    For the higher end posters that I will have forever, I use a local shop to dial in everything and it's usually $200-$300.

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