Wooden Flat File...Line the drawers?
I'm thinking about picking up a wooden flat file today after work and I was wondering if anyone thinks it would necessary to line the drawers with anything. I've been researching acid free tissue paper and felt, but I'm open to suggestions. Thanks for the help.
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I just sandwich my prints between full sheets of matboard.
One sheet on the bottom to line the drawer, and one on top to weigh 'em down and keep 'em flat.
One sheet on the bottom to line the drawer, and one on top to weigh 'em down and keep 'em flat.
Right now, until I can get all of my pics framed (i have only been collecting for about a month), I've just been thumb tacking my prints to the wall. My Horkey 'Detritus' will look about 18 times better once i get it framed.
I've also found out that 3 out of 4 times, a hot iron can be successfully used to smooth out posters/prints and speed up the flattening process by 90%jmw4918 wrote:I know...dude you should not use thumb tacks.....everyone knows that duct tape will not harm the prints like thumbtacksgfraser wrote:cadeallaw wrote:I've just been thumb tacking my prints to the wall.
and for a moment I was worried you weren't taking care of your prints.cadeallaw wrote:I've also found out that 3 out of 4 times, a hot iron can be successfully used to smooth out posters/prints and speed up the flattening process by 90%jmw4918 wrote:I know...dude you should not use thumb tacks.....everyone knows that duct tape will not harm the prints like thumbtacksgfraser wrote:cadeallaw wrote:I've just been thumb tacking my prints to the wall.
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the glue in a wooden flat file may not be archival....likewise, if it's made from plywood (drawer bottoms) it may off gas formaldehyde.bostonlou wrote:are metal files that much better for the prints than wooden?
or is it ok if you take the steps above... ie mylar or acid free between the prints and the wood
thanks
this may not be a huge issue for screen prints, but the papers made spacificly for giclee printing tend to be hydroscopic and can easily discolor at the edges from pollutants.
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I had always wondered exactly how much of this was fact, and how much of it was over-anal pretentious cautionelectrachrome wrote:the glue in a wooden flat file may not be archival....likewise, if it's made from plywood (drawer bottoms) it may off gas formaldehyde.bostonlou wrote:are metal files that much better for the prints than wooden?
or is it ok if you take the steps above... ie mylar or acid free between the prints and the wood
thanks
this may not be a huge issue for screen prints, but the papers made spacificly for giclee printing tend to be hydroscopic and can easily discolor at the edges from pollutants.
but if electrachrome says it is so, then it is. There can't be that many people more qualified to speak about this sort of thing than Damon.
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Bumpin' an old one here.electrachrome wrote:the glue in a wooden flat file may not be archival....likewise, if it's made from plywood (drawer bottoms) it may off gas formaldehyde.
this may not be a huge issue for screen prints, but the papers made spacificly for giclee printing tend to be hydroscopic and can easily discolor at the edges from pollutants.
Would lining the drawers with some acid free matboard help, our would the gases make it through? I'm sure they would, but I thought I'd ask. I got a line on a nice 8-drawer 44" wide wood file for cheap, but I don't want it if it's not going to be good for my prints.
Wow thanks for bumping this. If true I might not continue the search for a wooden flat file....unless I was to build one myself with hardwoods. Will keep my eyes on this thread in case more information surfaces.
Any information on this? Wanted to post in the Texas flat files thread, but not really the right place. Might have to if this one stays dormant.
Pretty much what are the thoughts on storing prints in a wooden flat file...oak or other hardwood? Would lining the drawers help or is metal the best way to go, even though my not be aesthetically up our alley?
Pretty much what are the thoughts on storing prints in a wooden flat file...oak or other hardwood? Would lining the drawers help or is metal the best way to go, even though my not be aesthetically up our alley?
Wood is better. As long as its real wood and not the particle board garbage you are good. I looked at metal flat files, but I much prefer my setup not look like a 1970's Russian office.appletree wrote:Any information on this? Wanted to post in the Texas flat files thread, but not really the right place. Might have to if this one stays dormant.
Pretty much what are the thoughts on storing prints in a wooden flat file...oak or other hardwood? Would lining the drawers help or is metal the best way to go, even though my not be aesthetically up our alley?