cottontailfarm
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Post by cottontailfarm on May 12, 2017 18:26:37 GMT -8
Hi there,
Getting the Metzendorf decked out for camping this season. I have a Smokey the Bear comic book along with some small pinup matchbook covers (fishing, camping) that I'd like to frame up and hand in the camper. The problem is that I want to put them in frames that DON'T have glass - what does everyone use?? I thought the cheaper the frame, the more likely it would be plastic but even the ones at the dollar store are glass. Help?
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Post by Hamlet on May 12, 2017 19:43:12 GMT -8
Hmm, that didn't occur to us when we put a 1940s travel trailer postcard in a frame and hung it in Hamlet
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Post by vikx on May 12, 2017 20:54:01 GMT -8
You could replace the glass with the right thickness plexi.
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Post by ladywendolyn on May 15, 2017 17:07:26 GMT -8
If you cant get plexi, then if it was me I would go to an office supply place and see if you can buy an acrylic stand that can be cut down. (You know the ones they hang on the walls.) You should be able to find some plastic facing though somewhere. I don't know what to call it either, but sometimes I have bought does shirts for my husband and they come in a plastic rectangular box. That type of plastic should double as a glass.
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Post by cottontailfarm on May 18, 2017 18:15:36 GMT -8
If you cant get plexi, then if it was me I would go to an office supply place and see if you can buy an acrylic stand that can be cut down. (You know the ones they hang on the walls.) You should be able to find some plastic facing though somewhere. I don't know what to call it either, but sometimes I have bought does shirts for my husband and they come in a plastic rectangular box. That type of plastic should double as a glass. Awesome idea. I'm thinking of getting some plexiglass custom cut for the large pinup (an old calendar salesman sample), but I'll absolutely keep a lookout for something to repurpose for "framing" the smaller items. |
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Post by cottontailfarm on May 18, 2017 18:17:14 GMT -8
Hmm, that didn't occur to us when we put a 1940s travel trailer postcard in a frame and hung it in Hamlet I guess my thinking is I have a toddler and am just trying to save myself the eventual heart attack  |
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Post by Hamlet on May 22, 2017 7:17:09 GMT -8
Hmm, that didn't occur to us when we put a 1940s travel trailer postcard in a frame and hung it in Hamlet I guess my thinking is I have a toddler and am just trying to save myself the eventual heart attack Well, it IS a nice solid wood frame with a plexiglass insert and is affixed very firmly to the wall. 😃 (We have young grandkids who think Hamlet is their private kingdom.) |
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Post by zipper on May 22, 2017 17:38:35 GMT -8
I used small wood framed cork board, with small push pins to hold my vintage camping postcards and small vintage travel pennants, and etc. This worked real well for me.
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Post by cowcharge on May 30, 2017 6:38:00 GMT -8
Home Depot carries various-sized pieces of plexi and lexan in the Millworks dept., I think the smallest is a foot square. Lexan doesn't yellow like plexi does, so if you can find it, get it. You can score-and-snap cut it.
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Post by Teachndad on Nov 4, 2017 6:40:23 GMT -8
Home Depot carries various-sized pieces of plexi and lexan in the Millworks dept., I think the smallest is a foot square. Lexan doesn't yellow like plexi does, so if you can find it, get it. You can score-and-snap cut it. Hi Friends, I didn't know plexiglass yellows. Does that mean if a person replaces a large front glass window in a trailer with plexiglass, it will yellow over time? Thanks, Rod |
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