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Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:12 pm

Where can a guy find 27 x 41 frames these days? Michael's discontinued them I guess. :( I'd rather not pay $100 from American Frame and don't dig the slide in type.
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Mon Dec 30, 2013 8:33 pm

fanboy wrote:Where can a guy find 27 x 41 frames these days? Michael's discontinued them I guess. :( I'd rather not pay $100 from American Frame and don't dig the slide in type.

You might be SOL. 27x41 hasn't been a standard size since the studios downsized one-sheets to 27x40 in the 80s, so you probably need to go the custom route. Movie poster specialists like wholesaleposterframes stock 27x41, but the mouldings are limited and by the time you get around to replacing their thin "lenses" with real glazing, you might as well order from AF or FD.
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Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:19 am

http://www.hollywoodposterframes.com is where I get my 27x41 frames. A few more options than wholesaleposterframes and the quality of lens is 100x better.

I'd like to support wholesale as they are within 20 minutes of me but that flimsy plastic they hype is fudge. Particularly the Non glare which dulls the image more than other non glare options.
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Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:35 am

Thanks for the info everyone, I will check out those options.
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Tue Dec 31, 2013 12:26 pm

has anyone ever bought from CraigFrames.com? thoughts?

there acrylic/glass is inexpensive compared to what i have found around here. any one know if there is a UV/non-glare option? there used to be a mopnth or so ago, but now i cant seem to find it
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Tue Dec 31, 2013 5:11 pm

For my first frame job I was thinking of ordering from Frame Destination. It's going to be Tong's Metropolis which has art all the way to the edge. I wanted to use Lineco edge mounting strip as they seem the easiest to work with and the least likely to lead to me damaging the print. If I order a mat that only overlaps the print by 1/8 in, can I trim the mounting strips down enough to hide behind this 1/8 inch border?
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Tue Dec 31, 2013 5:45 pm

Megatherium wrote:For my first frame job I was thinking of ordering from Frame Destination. It's going to be Tong's Metropolis which has art all the way to the edge. I wanted to use Lineco edge mounting strip as they seem the easiest to work with and the least likely to lead to me damaging the print. If I order a mat that only overlaps the print by 1/8 in, can I trim the mounting strips down enough to hide behind this 1/8 inch border?
Yes, you can cut them down. I have used them successfully with a 1/8" overlap.
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Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:10 pm

Thank you!
Poeschel55

Tue Dec 31, 2013 8:32 pm

Cheapest place to buy UV/non-glare...anyone?

22x28 through 24x36 in size
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Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:38 pm

Poeschel55 wrote:Cheapest place to buy UV/non-glare...anyone?

22x28 through 24x36 in size
Glass or plexi? I've been buying all my museum glass from Hobby Lobby these days, you can use their 40% off coupons on it. I've taken a stealth photo of the price sheet if anyone wants to see it. No guarantees it's still accurate, took it 3-4 months ago.
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Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:48 pm

beerotan wrote:
Poeschel55 wrote:Cheapest place to buy UV/non-glare...anyone?

22x28 through 24x36 in size
Glass or plexi? I've been buying all my museum glass from Hobby Lobby these days, you can use their 40% off coupons on it. I've taken a stealth photo of the price sheet if anyone wants to see it. No guarantees it's still accurate, took it 3-4 months ago.
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40% coupon is applicable to the above prices.
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Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:53 pm

mcgraw23 wrote:
beerotan wrote:
Poeschel55 wrote:Cheapest place to buy UV/non-glare...anyone?

22x28 through 24x36 in size
Glass or plexi? I've been buying all my museum glass from Hobby Lobby these days, you can use their 40% off coupons on it. I've taken a stealth photo of the price sheet if anyone wants to see it. No guarantees it's still accurate, took it 3-4 months ago.
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40% coupon is applicable to the above prices.
Huh, weird. My Hobby Lobby is strangely protective of their glass prices and only have it recorded on a sheet the staff use. I've asked to look at it before and they got all indignant with me. On another visit the person left it out while cutting my glass so I snapped a picture. I figured they must all be like that.
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Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:55 pm

I've got a pretty good relationship with the gal that works at this particular HL since I'm in there 1-2 a week to get a piece of glass cut or pick up a mat and use the coup so she had no problem with me taking the picture for reference. :pint:
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Wed Jan 01, 2014 7:19 pm

Looking for some advice on mat choices for a print.. I found a sweet frame at Goodwill so I gutted the art and want to re-frame one of my favorite prints but I don't really know where to start with matting. Part of me is thinking just a white mat but I'd kick myself if I didn't consider double/triple mat options.. Any suggestions??

P.S. The frame was $5 :D

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Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:40 pm

Poeschel55 wrote:Cheapest place to buy UV/non-glare...anyone?

22x28 through 24x36 in size
just my opinion but, UV non glare is fudge! go with the reg. UV
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