Framing cheap drans really cheap (US based)!, by linter on Jul 5, 2012 14:29:44 GMT 1, While you're twiddling your thumbs waiting for Edition Populair's knuckleheads to send you your new drans in the new standard format size, you might as well frame a couple of the odd balls. My problem has been not wanting to spend more than the $30 the print costs in the first place. And I finally found a way to do it for $16 U.S. It ain't pretty and it ain't archival but, hey, I ain't rich neither.

First thing you do is order the $15 27"x40" multi-print frame from Walmart. Ships free! When it arrives, the plastic corners will all be cracked, so grab some epoxy and glue em in place:



Next, remove all the layers down to the clear plastic. Throw away those funny-looking people on that piece of paper. Now, take two pieces of 22"x28"" posterboard (.50 each, $1 total) and cut em down to size using the cardboard backing from the frame as a guide:



Take the poster and center it on the plastic or whatever the heck it is:



Take the two pieces of posterboard and lay em on top of the poster, overlapping them as necessary:



Put the matting that comes w/ the frame on top:



Put the cardboard on top of that:



Voila!



And I'll tell you true: You can't see where the posterboard overlaps unless you're right up close and know where to look.

Total cost, like I said, 16 clams.

Issues: the posterboard isn't archival. And the print is pressed up against the plastic ... but I hear that's only a problem if it's glass, right?

Anyway, not bad looking, I don't think, for on the cheap.

While you're twiddling your thumbs waiting for Edition Populair's knuckleheads to send you your new drans in the new standard format size, you might as well frame a couple of the odd balls. My problem has been not wanting to spend more than the $30 the print costs in the first place. And I finally found a way to do it for $16 U.S. It ain't pretty and it ain't archival but, hey, I ain't rich neither.

First thing you do is order the $15 27"x40" multi-print frame from Walmart. Ships free! When it arrives, the plastic corners will all be cracked, so grab some epoxy and glue em in place:



Next, remove all the layers down to the clear plastic. Throw away those funny-looking people on that piece of paper. Now, take two pieces of 22"x28"" posterboard (.50 each, $1 total) and cut em down to size using the cardboard backing from the frame as a guide:



Take the poster and center it on the plastic or whatever the heck it is:



Take the two pieces of posterboard and lay em on top of the poster, overlapping them as necessary:



Put the matting that comes w/ the frame on top:



Put the cardboard on top of that:



Voila!



And I'll tell you true: You can't see where the posterboard overlaps unless you're right up close and know where to look.

Total cost, like I said, 16 clams.

Issues: the posterboard isn't archival. And the print is pressed up against the plastic ... but I hear that's only a problem if it's glass, right?

Anyway, not bad looking, I don't think, for on the cheap.