Charliedelta
TPF Noob!
Hello,
I've done a number of arts and crafts shows, where I brought my 16x20 prints matted to fit my 20x24 frames. To mat the photos, I used the hinge technique with the tape looking like "T".
My problem happened at two shows. After about one day, I'll have a picture that looks like at the bottom right sticks out of the mat. Basically it looks like the tape I used on top has shrunk and pulled the picture slightly upwards, but enough for some to come out of being under the mat. I threw away the first picture it happened to, and brought another one to the second show. On some other prints,
you can see the mat bulging out a little at the bottom, so that you can see a millimeter or so in gap in some parts. Does anybody know what could have caused it, and what I could do to prevent it in the future?
Thanks
ps: I use the same exact technique also for my smaller frames, and I do not have this issue with them.
I've done a number of arts and crafts shows, where I brought my 16x20 prints matted to fit my 20x24 frames. To mat the photos, I used the hinge technique with the tape looking like "T".
My problem happened at two shows. After about one day, I'll have a picture that looks like at the bottom right sticks out of the mat. Basically it looks like the tape I used on top has shrunk and pulled the picture slightly upwards, but enough for some to come out of being under the mat. I threw away the first picture it happened to, and brought another one to the second show. On some other prints,
you can see the mat bulging out a little at the bottom, so that you can see a millimeter or so in gap in some parts. Does anybody know what could have caused it, and what I could do to prevent it in the future?
Thanks
ps: I use the same exact technique also for my smaller frames, and I do not have this issue with them.