A few months ago I shared an image of a Star Trek: The Motion Picture one sheet which I'd acquired and had professionally framed.
I was bothered by some waves in the top right of the framed poster, which I hadn't been conscious of prior to framing. However, my framer told me he had tried to get it to sit properly and didn't know why it wouldn't...
There was some suggestion on here that the poster had absorbed some water at some point. However, I can now reveal what had happened.
Frustrated by the situation, and thinking I might need to get it linen backed, I went to see another framer with experience handling posters. We opened it up and what did we find? We found that the frame was too small for the poster so it could never sit flat, and in fact one edge was curled up at the top right hand edge of the frame.
Naturally, I was appalled, as I had discussed with the original framer the need for some millimetres of space around the margins of the poster to allow it to expand and contract. In addition, there was no barrier between the poster and the solid backing board - despite having been led to understand that was the case.
I've placed the poster in a tube, but fear that due to the damage its suffered I may need to have it linen backed in order to display correctly. I'm going to look at Poster Mountain carrying out this work, and would appreciate any advice from here about what sort of margin of linen I should leave to allow it to be properly framed next time.
Needless to say, I'll never be returning to that framer again - and to be honest it's made me wary about trusting anyone to handle my posters. I'm not quite sure what to do.
Desk