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CLH GRM+ Memberand Reader
7/6/14 4:54 p.m.

I picked up two previous-event posters at the Pacific Northwest Historics yesterday with the intention of using them for "garage art". I also have the big version of this on the way as well. In looking at Amazon, Michael's Crafts, and other places online it doesn't seem like there is a real budget-friendly option for simple frames. They're going in the garage so I don't need fancy, just something a step above attaching them to the wall with the staple gun

Any suggestions for a grassroots approach? I'm thinking of maybe affixing them with contact cement to a piece of thin doorskin or something like that, with a narrow piece of trim around the edge.

Hit me with your ideas!

Oh, the event posters are 18"x28" and the track map poster is 47"x33".

Chris

novaderrik PowerDork
7/6/14 5:27 p.m.

find someone that is remodeling their house and grab some of their interior window and door trim boards.. one end of each board will already have a convenient 45 degree cut, you just need to cut the other end to whatever length you need.

Appleseed MegaDork
7/6/14 6:21 p.m.

An old door skin, or somewhat recognizable "car" piece would be awesome to use. Kind of like what I've seen with aircraft skin art.

bigdaddylee82 Dork
7/6/14 8:28 p.m.

I've collected several "garage art" items that I'd like to frame on the cheap too. Local glass shop is actually reasonably priced, even cheap compared to a lot of other places I checked. I was planning on using some cheap unfinished/stainable chair railing or similar molding for frame material. Would be easier if I had a dado blade for the table saw.

I've made some decent looking frames out of real barn wood from the old barn at my folks. SWMBO doesn't like barn wood.

For normal sized stuff, Hobby Lobby's frequent 1/2 off framing sales are tough to beat for premade stuff.

Lee

Basil Exposition Dork
7/6/14 10:02 p.m.

I bought a bunch of cheap "poster" frames from Michaels or Hobby Lobby (don't remember). They are just plastic sheets with plastic edge stuff and a cardboard backing. Seem to hold up OK, though I had to use some tape on the back to keep the plastic edges from falling off. I think they were about $8 or $9 each, depending on size.

Got a friend whose wife worked at a library. She laminated his for him and he just tacked them up.

Another idea is to get some prepainted quarter round or similar molding at the Home Depot, stick the poster to the wall, and cut the molding to fit around it.

Rad_Capz HalfDork
7/6/14 11:21 p.m.

Copied from my shop build thread....

My attention was diverted by the nasty old circuit breaker panel. It's got joint compound slathered on it, several layers of cheap paint globbed on, plus the FL humidity has caused it to rust underneath the paint.

I considered taking the face off and stripping/painting it but thought "well I'll still have an ugly panel to look at". So I fixed it with a poster I got with a membership renewal from the ECTA, and some of the slat wood left from the skids. I don't want the possibility of anything being able to fall and hit the cars, so I used some old hinges left over from who knows what, and made it so it swings open and is not going to vibrate off if something gets fired up with open headers. Assembly details at the bottom of this post.

Used a scrap panel piece of manufactured wood big larger than the poster and slat frame would be. Used 3m spray adhesive on the panel and stuck the poster on. Screwed the "picture frame" to the fake wood panel from front and back. Cut of excess fake wood then screwed hinges through the fake wood to the picture frame and also another piece of slat that gets screwed to a stud in the wall.