Aluminium vs Acrylic Glass

I have no experience with acrylic but recently had a pic done on aluminium, although colour not B&W it turned out really well and I cannot think of any reason why B&W wouldn't ... indeed I would think it eminently suitable for B&W.
My only reservation was that it had some quite sharp corners, which coupled with its weight and thinness was capable of causing an injury if not handled with care.
Mine was for a family member so I could just pass on the caution without fear ... however if it were for a client and they had injured themselves on it, it might not have been so easy.
 
gramps said:
I have no experience with acrylic but recently had a pic done on aluminium, although colour not B&W it turned out really well and I cannot think of any reason why B&W wouldn't ... indeed I would think it eminently suitable for B&W.
My only reservation was that it had some quite sharp corners, which coupled with its weight and thinness was capable of causing an injury if not handled with care.
Mine was for a family member so I could just pass on the caution without fear ... however if it were for a client and they had injured themselves on it, it might not have been so easy.
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Thanks Gramps, hadnt thought about the corners, the images will be installed by the builders, should be ok, but worth a mention.

Russ
 
Reverse bonding onto acrylic will be quite expensive, the acrylic is expensive and the process very precise.
an alternative for you to consider would be sandwich acrulic sheets from Lion in birmingham, you screw together with 4 alloy studs.

I get dibond cut to order in large amounts.
You could round off the corners with a file or stone, tedious but possible.

I sometimes mount on mdf which looks good.

yet another alternative is to "float " mount the dibond in a box frame.

For ideas, look at the Lion website.
 
Was checking out a printers website yesterday and noted a comment they made that aluminium wasn't suitable for direct printing of B&W and that it should be a print 'stuck' on the aluminium.
In light of the above it might be an idea to check with the printer before selecting aluminium.
 
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