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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9932502, member: 79705"]Float mounts directly to glass are never recommended for art you want to survive. Ambient moisture causes art to stick to the glass and it is impossible to remove without serious damage. I have seen it many, many times in different places... Including last week. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to mount like this it is strongly recommended that you have a spacer of some sort to keep art off glass. Either matted with two mats with cut outs, or float mount to one side of the mat (with spacers to keep it away from the glass, with hole cut to reveal back on the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, uv museum glass all around to prevent fading is standard practice. Nothing is 100% though so especially delicate art should still hang away from sunlight.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9932502, member: 79705"]Float mounts directly to glass are never recommended for art you want to survive. Ambient moisture causes art to stick to the glass and it is impossible to remove without serious damage. I have seen it many, many times in different places... Including last week. :sorry: If you want to mount like this it is strongly recommended that you have a spacer of some sort to keep art off glass. Either matted with two mats with cut outs, or float mount to one side of the mat (with spacers to keep it away from the glass, with hole cut to reveal back on the other. Of course, uv museum glass all around to prevent fading is standard practice. Nothing is 100% though so especially delicate art should still hang away from sunlight.[/QUOTE]
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