I was wanting to frame some printed art but am afraid of the effects the sun and other light will have on the colors and deterioration factor of the printed material. Is there a special archival type of glass I could get from a framing shop that will protect against this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

Michaels (national craft store) does framing and they have UV blocking glass.

 

Yeah we have Michael's all over the place.. I haven't called there yet, there are a couple other places we have like Plaza that might have something too. I was hoping to get some opinions on the glass.

 

Call a local glass company. I frame my own art and we have a picture frame supply store that offers special glass but it is kind of steep. I call the glass company and they give me several options at a very low price. You give them the measurements, they cut it, wrap it in brown paper and I pick it up. The trick is getting it home if you buy a big piece of single thickness and drive on a bumpy road.

 

Here's a product, Lyson spray coating, that has been around and a lot of people swear by. I don't use it myself but I have tried it --

http://www.inkjetart.com/lyson_spray.html

 

I used spray coatings in college on some of my drawings but I am not spraying the art I am framing with anything. Some of the things I want to mount would be ruined if I sprayed anything on it. I typically cut all my own mattes and etc. I might see what some of the art supply stores carry before I call a glass company but that's not a bad idea at all. Thanks!

 

I just framed some art for my girlfriend's parents. I didn't spring for it, but they have polorized glass. I swear it looks like there's no glass at all. It was like $70 extra for that, so I stuck with museum quality UV blocking glass. It also does a decent job of reducing glare.

This is from a place called FastFrame...it's a chain.

 

I went to Michaels, Archival UV glareless 11x14 is only 14 dollars.. thats

 

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