Guys,
There is a few tricks to eliminate the ripple effect, in fact there is
no excuse why a one sheet should be rippled. One of them is, when
stretching the Canvas on to frame, staple much less than an inch between
each staple. wet before putting paper down.
Also, I use a high end 13 Duck canvas, and with a few tweaks of the
trade, all my linen backed posters has a very soft manageable roll,
rather than a stiff unmanageable roll to it.
The bigger the poster the harder to control the ripple.
Best,
dario.
Susan Heim wrote:
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
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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
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>> 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
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