They do make acrylic large enough for a 6 sheet, but it is not UV filtered or non glare coated. Non glare is a bit of a necessity when framing something this large, otherwise, it looks like a mirror in your room. Alan is right, you have to use a wood frame and you have to have a back frame made for it. So, imagine an oil painting that gets stretched around a wooden square. Once the outer wood frame is built and the plexiglass, poster and foamcore backing is put in it, you put a back frame in all of that (so the main frame has to be deep enough to accomodate all the ingredients). Then the back frame gets nailed into the main front frame but the hanging straps are put on the back frame and not the main frame. The main frame is pretty much just decorative at this point as you can put a hanging wire or D rings on that as the stress is too much. That's why you put a D ring on each of the two vertical sides of the back frame and hang it with two hooks or nails sturdy enough to accomodate the weight of the overall piece.
As for the plexiglass, you have to find a place that will take a regular piece of 1/8" thick acrylic and have it treated with a UV coating and, preferably, a non glare coating. That cost is probably going to be the most expensive component of the frame. I have had a few other customers hang 6 sheets like a tapestry. They linenback it and leave excess linen that they can put some grommets in the border to hang with decorative chain. You would also put some grommets in the bottom of the excess linen so you can put a wooden dowel behind the bottom of the excess linen to hold everything down so the linenbacked poster doesn't roll up on you.. Just some thoughts on how people have done it in the past. I no longer frame 6 sheets as it's a lot of work to do..... Sue Hollywood Poster Frames (800) 463-2994 ________________________________ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of Jay Nemeth-Johannes <jay.johan...@smartsensorsystems.com> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 3:51 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Help- 6 sheet framing/display I once thought about using a pair of cut down 4'x9' plexi panels and using polycarbonate H channel to join them. Something like this: https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.interstateplastics.com%2FPolycarbonate-Clear-Extruded-Divide-H-Channel-203-Profile-POLCEXD00394x14400.php%3Fkitoptionpk%3D6908%26src%3Dadwordspla%26utm_source%3Dadwordsfroogle%26utm_campaign%3Dadwordsfroogle%26utm_medium%3Dna%26utm_content%3Dplastic%2Bprofiles-POLCEXD00394x14400%26keyword%3DGOOGLEPLA-profiles-POLCEXD00394x14400-kits6908%26gclid%3DCjwKCAjwur7YBRA_EiwASXqIHJ0kUB4DyAb_g2V7OExofCGqX-kJkyfn5RVp8BTmblYOgtqMrYlh3xoCZCwQAvD_BwE&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9f6e2fc3589f4bb7bdcd08d5c70e6fe4%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636633787171506117&sdata=FKESE3Jde%2FriDannZla%2F5pCvVXfE15DLXt3YnaEUwLk%3D&reserved=0 But then I moved and no longer have a place to display a six sheet, so I abandoned the idea. Jay On Thu, 31 May 2018 10:35:40 -0500, Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.com> wrote: > What about the oversized UV plexiglas? My understanding is that six sheet > size UV-filtered plexi has to be special ordered and is expensive.. It can > be acquired through Regal Plastics in Houston. > > Kirby McDaniel > MovieArt Austin > >> On May 31, 2018, at 10:13 AM, Jay Nemeth-Johannes >> <jay.johan...@smartsensorsystems.com> wrote: >> >> Spotlight Displays has a 6 sheet frame on their list. I have no >> experience with this size, but have used other sizes of their frames. >> You >> would need to contact Robert for details as this is not a stock item. >> https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spotlightdisplays.com%2Fmovie-poster-frames.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9f6e2fc3589f4bb7bdcd08d5c70e6fe4%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636633787171506117&sdata=IuMy4veuOw06p1IC7ikF%2BbyMWtgHI3J02JxzLdjtIqM%3D&reserved=0 >> >> I'm sure Sue can do the rails. The glazing in that size is the issue. >> >> >> On Wed, 30 May 2018 20:04:30 -0700, Scott Thienes >> <scottthie...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Does anyone have an alternative method to framing a 6-sheet poster. >>> Something that won’t break the bank. >>> >>> Sent from my iP >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at >>> https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.filmfan.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9f6e2fc3589f4bb7bdcd08d5c70e6fe4%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636633787171506117&sdata=2%2Box7agaP0JBcXe7Bw8DCBkelr%2FwfXbYdVVuWJSgBvs%3D&reserved=0 >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> >>> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> -- >> Jay Nemeth-Johannes >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at >> https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.filmfan.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9f6e2fc3589f4bb7bdcd08d5c70e6fe4%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636633787171506117&sdata=2%2Box7agaP0JBcXe7Bw8DCBkelr%2FwfXbYdVVuWJSgBvs%3D&reserved=0 >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> >> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.filmfan.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9f6e2fc3589f4bb7bdcd08d5c70e6fe4%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636633787171506117&sdata=2%2Box7agaP0JBcXe7Bw8DCBkelr%2FwfXbYdVVuWJSgBvs%3D&reserved=0 > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. -- Jay Nemeth-Johannes Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.filmfan.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9f6e2fc3589f4bb7bdcd08d5c70e6fe4%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636633787171506117&sdata=2%2Box7agaP0JBcXe7Bw8DCBkelr%2FwfXbYdVVuWJSgBvs%3D&reserved=0 ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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