Transparent Acrylic & Photos don't mix?

[Azrielsc]

Hi all,

I'm thinking of going to a shop that sells acrylic boards to get 2pcs transparent acrylic board cut out to a specific size so as to paste photos on the side of it and have it hung up on my wall in my room.

Example: WALL -> Transparent Acrylic board -> Photo -> Transparent Acrylic board (The photos are sandwiched between the 2 pcs of acrylic boards.

However, I am thinking that 1 problem that I may face is that the photos' surface will be stuck onto the acrylic board and cause some distortion? Something like after having your photos in ur photo album for a long period of time, the clear sheet gets stuck onto the photo. Is there a way to prevent it?

Would matt photos eliminate this problem? Any suggestions are most welcome!

Thanks!

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

matt foto help as well as prevent extra glossiness...

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

most of the time is that the heat and moisture from our environment cause it to stick together after some time

 

[rexlim]

Matt photo paper might help, however allow complete dryness after printing b4 putting it in.

 

[Azrielsc]

Thanks guys! I'm thinking of getting the photos commercially printed (photo shops) and they would be of different sizes. Something like a collage of sorts.

Besides the shop (2nd fflr) at Bras Brasah, are there any other shops that does customisable acrylic boards?

 

[Danntbt]

you could get the non glare acrylic.....

 

[Azrielsc]

Here's what I gather from the friendly people at Acrylic Centre (?), 2nd floor of Bras Brasah Complex:

1. 2 types of transparent acrylic boards, 1 being made in Taiwan (90%+ light transmission) and the other being made in China (70%+ light transmission).
2. Price, of course, would be different between the 2.
3. Max length they can do for me is a height of 244cm.
4. Matt photos are most suitable as gloss photos would bond/adhere to the acrylic board over time. Can destroy photo.

Cheers!

 

[J e d I]

matt photo paper helps a little but it will still stick in long run... or if your photo is already on gloss paper then buy a bottle of matte photo spray n spray on your glossy photo. whichever that u think its cheaper, that is if u have alot of gloss photos to convert to matt.... else u can consider laminating e photo too.

 

[magic1980]

www.dama.com.sg

 

[Azrielsc]

matt photo paper helps a little but it will still stick in long run... or if your photo is already on gloss paper then buy a bottle of matte photo spray n spray on your glossy photo. whichever that u think its cheaper, that is if u have alot of gloss photos to convert to matt.... else u can consider laminating e photo too.

www.dama.com.sg

Thanks guys for the information! Will check those out.