What are your views on having Laminated Museum glass instead of just museum glass?

The framing I am looking at will cost 40% more if I was to use Laminated Museum glass. The idea being if the glass was to ever break the art work wont get beat up as the glass wont shatter due to being laminated.

Has anyone else used laminated instead of standard museum?

Thanks.

Non of my art pieces are hanging on picture hooks. I always drill the wall, brown rawl plug with screws using washers to stop the cord slipping over the screw head.

I was told that having it laminated would not cause any additional reflection. None that can be seen with the human eye anyway.

I have thought about perspex but feel as though it doesn't do the frame justice not having glass in it?

Hi,

I've been collecting prints for the last year and whenever I take a print to the framers I usually go for none reflective glass, I just wanted to know how much of a difference it actually makes compared to normal glass? It is always best to go for none reflective? Does it all depend on the amount of light in the room and the amount of detail on the print? I'm having a large print framed at the moment and due to costs I've gone with plain glass but am now worried its not going to look as good. 

It's worth the extra if you can afford it, world of difference......


No worries

I agree. I remember framing the eelus After rain with the regular glass...I changed it after two weeks.

Can't find the thread now but is there a way to tell if you have UV protected glass. Got a piece already framed and want to make sure it's UV protected as it's going in a bright room.

I am converted...I recently framed a smaller/canvas piece as it was in an area where my kids could splash it with a juice box/yogurt tube or drunken guests could poke it when then stumbled up from our dining table and I wanted the protection. It's a valuable piece (to me) and I decided to give museum acrylic a try. The effect was so impressive that I have replaced UV acrylic with "museum" on another piece and sprung for it on the rather large Baker piece I just posted on the recent purchase thread...the cost of using museum acrylic on the Baker piece doubled the total framing bill (gulp), but it was absolutely worth it...it is incredible. Before anyone asks, I have 0 connection to the company (quite honestly, couldn't even tell you what brand it is...just trusted my framer). I am a complete believer and will never skimp again when framing "nice" pieces where clarity and presentation is important.

I don't think there's a standard % protection associated with museum? Think it varies between companies but they'll all be in the 90s. ..which is above the 65-70% (?) Considered for conservation grade.

... I also consider the time/years I intend to hang the piece ... divide the cost by as little of 3 or 5 years and then think about the diminishing upfront capital cost.

Also consider that you may well move the piece around the house as your collection expands and you have a crystal clear front to one of your favourite pieces

I've spoken to a few framers, and I'm under the impression that the only difference between Conservation Clear and UV is visibility, and that both have the same level of UV protection. So it's pretty much only for aesthetic purposes. Given that, I tend to side with Conservation Clear.

If you can't appreciate my wall piece with a little reflection, then it probably shouldn't be on the wall. You can always get closer. And they shouldn't be in a place with reflection on the glass anyway.

All I use on my "keeper" pieces is Optium Museum Acrylic from Tru Vue which is 99% UV protection and also non reflective. For the others I use their Conservation Clear which still filters 99%.  One huge benefit of being in the US is our framing costs are close to 50% the same costs in the UK.

www.tru-vue.com/products/optium-museum-acrylic/ 

Honestly might be cheaper to ship it to the US, have it framed with Conservation Clear (99% UV Plexi will probably be less than $120 for a piece that size), and then shipped back. Or use it as an opportunity to visit NYC, and bring the piece along. Those glass prices are crazy.


Or maybe that particular framer is just giving you the runaround? If not, I may need to start a UV plexi import/export business.

After doing some research I'm sticking with good old fashioned glass. UV acrylic might be cheep, but that's where the benefits end in my opinion. You have to clean it using acrylic cleaner, it degrades, discolours and bows on larger pieces.

I'm not framing a pile of, so why
it using a pile of. Just my view, I can see its users