Hi Channing, It is actually more of a product of the person doing the linenbacking than the actual material itself. Now I do get some linenbacked posters to frame that are on very inferior material. By that, I mean it is often very coarse and you can tell it is very cheap canvas. Sylvia uses a canvas that actually includes a bit of a silky thread content and that makes the fabric lay much nicer and the fabric is much more supple. Often in the linenbacking process, less experienced restorers use too much glue and/or too much water. In combination with the different types of fabrics, the "rippling" can be minimal all the way up to a mess to deal with. So, that's the scoop. Hope it helps.
Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: channinglylethomson<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MOPO<mailto:[email protected]> ; Susan Heim<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] On Topic - What should I do? Hi Sue -- are there certain canvases that have less memory and consequently have less rolling over time? Thanks, Channing On Mar 17, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Susan Heim wrote: > Hi Tom and Michael, > It is not uncommon for linenbacked posters of any size to do a bit > of rippling, especially out at the edges. It will sometimes reduce as > the poster "grows" into it's new environment. A linenbacked poster, > and even a non linenbacked poster, rarely lays flat when you put it on > a table. That waviness will not magically disappear when you frame it. > It is part of the paper and/or fabric. Remember, these posters are > linenbacked with water and glue and that combination with fabric > causes a bit of "quilting" as I call it. It is just the nature of the > beast and will be different with pretty much every poster. If you have > your framer put in some additional pieces of foamcore strips along the > back edge of the frame and staple it in tightly, that rippling at the > edge will diminish a bit. In actually it is really just pushing the > "waviness" to other parts of the poster that are less noticeable. When > you have a matted piece, the bevel of the mat becomes a focus point > and if the poster isn't laying flat right behind the bevel it is more > noticeable. The larger the poster is the more noticeable "waviness" > is. So, don't fret. This exact situation is why so many people > drymount posters to get them as flat as possible. Since we don't do > that with collectables, we have to deal with paper's little > idiosynchrocies. However, this situation is also one of the reasons I > always say "an experienced linenbacker" is the most important person > to your poster's longevity. > > Sue Heim > www.hollywoodposterframes.com<http://www.hollywoodposterframes.com/> > (800) 463-2994 >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Tom A. Pennock >> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 6:15 PM >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] On Topic - What should I do? >> >> >> Andrea: >> >> I have a 45" x 59" subway poster from "You Only Live Twice" that I >> bought linenbacked. It is buckling around the edges with a mat. It >> was professionally framed. I have no other choice but to live with >> it. >> >> --Tom Pennock >> >> >> >> >> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's >> free from AOL at AOL.com. >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at >> www.filmfan.com<http://www.filmfan.com/>_______________________________________________________ >> ____________How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing ListSend a >> message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> the BODY of >> your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe author of this message is solely >> responsible for its content. >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com<http://www.filmfan.com/>________________________________________________________ > ___________How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing ListSend a message > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> the BODY of your > message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
