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09-30-2020, 01:50 AM
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Kingpin
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Posts: 5,238
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Originally Posted by MASTERSAFARA
Speaking of the tube, what is the best way to unroll prints out from the shipping tube? Wonder if anyone has experience or knowledge in professional framing... is there a pro tip or something to unrolling them and getting them ready for either a portfolio page or a frame?
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What I typically do is reverse roll them using the tube they came in. I them keep them rolled this way for a few hours. Once they're relaxed, I flatten them with heavy books for 24 hrs. This makes the print almost perfectly flat.
If done carefully, you won't have any creases or wrinkles and your prints will be easy to store in your portfolio.
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09-30-2020, 04:03 AM
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#10552
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Hercules
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: almost homeless no money left
Posts: 14,665
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GaryTonge
What I typically do is reverse roll them using the tube they came in. I them keep them rolled this way for a few hours. Once they're relaxed, I flatten them with heavy books for 24 hrs. This makes the print almost perfectly flat.
If done carefully, you won't have any creases or wrinkles and your prints will be easy to store in your portfolio.
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I did the same with heavy books. But mines won't get flat until at least 5-7 days. if I get lucky.... if not then longer.
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09-30-2020, 04:07 AM
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#10553
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Hercules
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: almost homeless no money left
Posts: 14,665
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GaryTonge
I use a portfolio as well. It's the best way to store prints in terms of longevity.
I bought my portfolio and inserts from Baroque Portfolios
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Yes I need a bunch of these in 18x24 and 24x36. Are the corners of the prints safe in these portfolios?
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Originally Posted by GaryTonge
I was told that it's not good for a print to be rolled up for a long period of time. Not sure if that's true or not though
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100% true, I heard the prints can have issues if stored for long periods. And yes I have them in tubes for a while now because I still need to buy portfolios and frames. Some has been in tubes for 2-5 years unfortunately.
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09-30-2020, 04:48 AM
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#10554
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Sinister Six
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 516
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GaryTonge
I was told that it's not good for a print to be rolled up for a long period of time. Not sure if that's true or not though
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How long of a time? 1 year? 5 years?
What will happen to the print if kept in the tube for too long?
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09-30-2020, 08:19 AM
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#10555
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Lancaster, Ca
Posts: 1,125
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xb24
How long of a time? 1 year? 5 years?
What will happen to the print if kept in the tube for too long?
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I’ve bought some older unframed prints recently that were kept in the original shipping tube and after unboxing them, they seem to be difficult to unroll. They keep the shape of the tube. I think it’s probably best to get these prints out of the tubes and at least into a portfolio protected sheet page rather than keeping them rolled up forever.
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09-30-2020, 08:58 AM
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#10556
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Kingpin
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Posts: 5,238
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Comicbookguy
Yes I need a bunch of these in 18x24 and 24x36. Are the corners of the prints safe in these portfolios?
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They seem to be. I don't have any issues with mine. Of course if you're aggressive with the portfolio when you handle it, it could potentially cause them to jostle.
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Originally Posted by xb24
How long of a time? 1 year? 5 years?
What will happen to the print if kept in the tube for too long?
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No idea. I've been collecting prints for some time now and immediately flatten them when I receive them.
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09-30-2020, 09:00 AM
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#10557
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I was arrested for selling illegal-sized paper.
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 2,845
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I ran out of wall space long ago so I've always used Itoya porfolios for the prints I can't display.
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09-30-2020, 09:13 AM
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#10558
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Phoenix
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Secret Sanctuary
Posts: 12,236
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Quote:
Originally Posted by generalzodlives
I ran out of wall space long ago so I've always used Itoya porfolios for the prints I can't display.
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That’s what I’m using, too.
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09-30-2020, 10:04 AM
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#10559
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Borrow money from a pessimist, they don't expect it back.
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 785
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Comicbookguy
Yes I need a bunch of these in 18x24 and 24x36. Are the corners of the prints safe in these portfolios?
100% true, I heard the prints can have issues if stored for long periods. And yes I have them in tubes for a while now because I still need to buy portfolios and frames. Some has been in tubes for 2-5 years unfortunately.
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I don't know about that. I was recently shopping at a Marvel art gallery and anything that wasn't already framed was rolled in tubes in inventory lol
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09-30-2020, 10:23 AM
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#10560
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Lancaster, Ca
Posts: 1,125
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hannibal10
I don't know about that. I was recently shopping at a Marvel art gallery and anything that wasn't already framed was rolled in tubes in inventory lol
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That’s because it’s for resale. But I don’t think that makes it a good idea.
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