I am looking for glass to put together complete the posters?
I bought many posters that have beautiful artwork to save money and now I can’t find the glass to put in the frames I built, I have over 60 posters and need to put together the artwork to place on my walls in my house. Any suggestions?
Chips
on February 8th, 2012
try plexiglas, a little less costly, and much lighter in weight so you may not always need to find a wall stud to safely hang larger pieces.
check around. some places will charge you per piece cut, while others will charge you for the overall amount used.
and………….never use windex or paper towels on plexiglass……… warm water and a squeegee will clean them nicely ………windex and paper towels will fog and scratch plexiglas
BloodFlower
on February 8th, 2012
You could look in your local yellow pages to look for a glass distributor in your area.
You could go to a craft store that has a framing shop or a separate framing shop they usually will sell you just the glass although depending on the store they can sometimes be highly priced.
You may find some glass at home improvement stores as well.
If you have a window manufacturer in your area you may also try there they shouldn’t have a problem getting you the glass and cutting it to size for you especially the QTY you need.
If you don’t mind a little extra work you might also try your local transfer station/dump especially if it has a swap shack people often throw out old storm doors and many with uv coatings and the best part is the glass is free
Wherever you go you might want to consider a special UV protective glass so the posters don’t fade in sunlight.
Good luck
TheProposal
on February 8th, 2012
Try your yellow pages for a local glazier, they will cut any glass to size for you.
or go to Habitat, Ikea or similar and buy ready made clip frames.
These do not have a solid frame but the glass is held to the backing board with clips. with the picture in between.
They come in various sizes from A2( Large)= 8 pages of A4 down to A6 small (a quarter of a page of A4 ) i.e normal file paper size.
That will be the cheapest option as with glazing you will still have to buy frames and backing boards.
Ikea probably the least expensive.
If you have pictures in similar themes and wish to group them the large sizes will save you hanging lots of small frames, but you have more flexibility using the smaller frames. It all depends on personal taste.
hope this helps