Hi Desk,
From looking at your detail pic again, and what looks like gentle, curved kind of waves in that corner, Im thinking again, that the poster isnt sitting right in your frame, (the frame was slightly too small).
As Neo's original (but deleted) post also mentioned, there should be some "breathing room" around the poster edges, too.
What I also dont get is why your framer said he had such difficulty keeping the poster flat while he framed it? Im sure this framer has dealt with many rolled prints, commercial posters etc in his day top day framing work? That comment is a little weird. Im hoping that he didnt decide to place it in a slightly smaller frame to help hold it flat and to try preventing it from rolling back up, while he was dealing with the backing board.
In any case, were it mine, I would be taking it back to the framer, and pointing that issue out to him. Something isnt right and the fact that you can apply pressure to that spot, and the ripples smooth out, confirms that. Your framer needs to correct that issue. You paid $$ for a service that is unacceptable (imho). Or at least send this detail photo to your framer and see what he/she says about it.
As Neo also had asked.. is there a wire on the back the frame, to hang it with? If not, than what? Hooks of some kind?
Hi Jeff,
Many thanks for taking the time to respond.
I went in to see my framer yesterday, but I'm not sure I've made any headway in addressing the situation with the Trek poster. He still says he's not sure why it's appearing as it is, and there hasn't been an offer as yet to open it up and look at it again. He's acknowledged that posters need 'a few millimetres' in the margins in order to breathe.
He currently has another recent acquisition of mine in for framing - this time a rolled 30x40 OS with thicker paper, which I've asked that he put in a mount... which should hopefully address the issue of too little space in the frame.
However, while those so far have been framed using UV-resistant Tru View glass, I have now discovered what appears to be a cheap source for UV-resistant Plexiglas...
https://www.cutplasticsheeting.co.uk/clear-acrylic-sheeting/anti-reflective-acrylic/Would this appear to the truly clear, top grade stuff? It certainly appears to be the Plexiglas XT 100, which I understand is museum-quality stuff.
What I'm considering doing is asking him to frame that latest poster using a mount, this Perspex, and with spacers to create a space between the poster and Perspex. If that works, I might look at revisiting Trek with this approach and using that frame for something else.But with this approach, what do you use to hold the poster in place - if it's not being sandwiched? Do you use photo mount corners, or that non-sticky Scotch tape?
You and Neo asked about the rear, and what he's done is attached two screws on either side of the frame, holding a cord between them to hang the frame on a hook. But because of the glass, these
are pretty heavy objects.
An alternative is to consider another framer, but here aren't really specialists near where I live. It tends to be general art and photography framing.
Desk
