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joshua
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Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:27 pm

where is a good place to buy acid free backing boards?

im looking to buy the 40 7/16"x30 1/4" crystal clear bags from frame destination, and would like to put backing boards to help support the prints, but cant seem to find any online large enough.

http://www.framedestination.com/bags/pr ... em/BGPRBA/

any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:33 pm

SurfingJeff wrote:Posted this in another thread:
SurfingJeff wrote:For extra safely and to aid in flattening, I've started using backing boards (along with poly bags) on some of my more valuable prints. I searched around quite a bit, and the best price I could find was on acid free "mounting" boards from Jerry's Artarama. You can get them in packs of 25 here. Last week, they were running a promotion with a 25% off coupon so it came out to $172 shipped for 50 boards - a cost of $3.44 each. Comparable boards at Bagsunlimited (like these) cost $437 shipped for 50 ($8.74 each), so it's a pretty significant savings.

I then mount the prints to the boards with mylar corners, and slip them in the 30 x 40 polys bags from Frame Destination. The total storage cost per print ends up around $6, which is high enough that you won't want to do it for everything. However, for nice stuff, it seems a lot safer over the long haul and makes it quite a bit easier to dig around in your flat file.
The boards from Jerry's end up being slightly too large (32 x 40) so I cut them using a knife and a ruler, but it's pretty straightforward. I also feel a bit better buying acid-free products from a well known manufacturer like Crescent, instead of some anonymous source.
My local Blick actually carries these in store and lets you buy one at a time, in case you want to try them out before buying 50. Cost is higher though - maybe like $5 or $6/board.
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Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:23 pm

thanks for info. much appreciated.
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Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:57 pm

just buy standard 32X40 boards and cut them down... your cost should be around $5 each
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Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:20 am

just wanted to thank jeff for the info. i ended up buying from the dick blick website and they even cut the boards for me.
this is what i spent a few hours doing the other night.

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Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:22 am

:pint:

Glad I could help you out. Doesn't it feel goodto have your prints all safely snuggled up until they can find a nice spot on you wall?
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Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:17 am

SurfingJeff wrote::pint:

Glad I could help you out. Doesn't it feel goodto have your prints all safely snuggled up until they can find a nice spot on you wall?
it does. before this they were all in one foamcore sandwich, which was then sandwiched between two pieces of mdf. i think having them this way is also helping them flatten better than the sandhich with weights.
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Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:24 am

plus they are a lot easier to look through this way.

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