Cretin75;318784 I show it to each and every person that's at my counter. Even the cheap Scarface posters. You never know what they have at home and next time they'll bring in that great piece and they want that Museum glass I showed them.[/quote said:
We framed a huge Tupac poster yesterday. Not sure if MG was offered, but you are right, you never know who has money to spend and who might care about a more clear view or who might be concerned about potential fading of art. We have no sunlight crossing our walls at the shop, but if we don't use CC on everything, we lose some pieces because of the fluorescent lights. We are currently framing a series of our own 30 year old Folon silkscreens. In my experience serigraphs don't usually fade, and ours have not, but this time around we are framing them with CC--why take the chance? If i'm not willing to, I certainly would not advise my customers to take that risk.
At a university site yesterday, I again warned the director that certain of their photos are at risk because they are in front of a huge window. We replaced glass on one of these photos a few years ago and discovered that contrary to what the previous framer said he provided, there was no UV protection on the photo and there was evidence of fading. Since then the client has had UV film put on the windows, but I see more fading since the last time I was there. I have again advised UV glass be installed on all the frames prior to our taking over the job.
If Aaron Brothers is not even selling regular glass, who am I to promote it to my customers under any circumstance, except on ready made frames (and even then we offer an upgrade) and for those who must have the cheapest framing. Even then we recommend CC, or at least mention it as a future switch-out option.
Rip-off? Not a term in my framing vocabulary.