BEST hang/frame POSTER?
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- Generic
Looking for suggestions or interesting ways to best hang or frame a poster. I've collected a few over the years and I want to put them up in my home and office, but I don't want to hang it up like I would in a dorm room, you know... something besides tape or push pins, pls.
- blaw0
i use these with glass in front and 1/8" hardboard for the back:
- jevad0
I can't find any good frames anywhere around here and these three beautiful ISO50 prints are sad because they don't have a home yet
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- breed0
these are the nicest way to hang a poster that ive seen:
- jevad0
one would beg to differ
- breed0
or
the floating frames that are just 2 pieces of glass held together with metal clips that you can sandwich the poster between... cant find an example online right now.
- breed0
jevad: you know what ive seen? in order to disagree with "the nicest that ive seen" you'll need to know everything that ive seen in my lifetime, and somehow i dont think you have
- versa0
i started a thread on this a while ago, but no one chimed in
;)
been looking at hardware stores for something similar to these
http://youworkforthem.com/produc…
i like that industrial look alot, and the added color
- jevad0
point taken
- johndiggity0
those ywft hangers are shower curtain clips from ikea. many threads about those.
- jevad0
plus it looks pretty lame....
- versa0
john diggity - impossible ;) i've looked there
let's see some linkage proofage and some links to threads as well
- gabriel20
OR you can use two sheets of plexi and a couple of small c-clamps:
bit more of an industrial feel to it...
- Generic0
the suggestions are pretty good. anybody else got some ideas?
i was considering mounting the poster onto a nice piece of wood with like a 2 or 4" border...? what do you think?
- jevad0
thats a nice idea
- blaw0
generic:
if you try to mount it on wood, use plywood. this will keep seasonal wood movement to a minimum. and use good plywood at that (birch is a good choice).
you can band the edges of the plywood with wood banding...
http://www.woodmagazine.com/wood…even if you plan to paint the edges you'll want to do that.
it would seem like a real bitch to get the poster mounted straight and wrinkle free. i don't have any thoughts on that.
- johndiggity0
i can't find the clips anymore on ikea's site, maybe they are discontinued. someone besides you posted the same ywft poster pic and someone else posted the link to ikea. i can't for the life of me find the thread and google is useless. sorry. post in the ask build thread, maybe he can hook you up. or check ebay. i definitely saw them. available in turquoise and yellow.
- adamfinger0
I also have a few posters that I would like to hang, problem is that some of them are unusual sizes (2'x4').
I always like the look of the look of a nice white plastic opaque plastic with a glass covering and no trim!!
Are there any stores in NYC that sell such a thing?!?
- adamfinger0
PS. I would also like said frame to have a good amount of white space surrounding the poster.
- johndiggity0
go to home depot and buy some white and clear plexi and some sandwich clips. cut to size and sand the edges.
