What is the best method for hanging a poster?

Heartlash

Seriously, every time I hang a poster, whether I use tape, tacs, or putty, it always seems to fall down or get warped within a few months. What methods have been successful for you?

TychoCelchuuu

Frame it.

Heartlash

Hate to sound ignorant, but is this the sort of thing I can just go to Micheal's and buy a reasonable frame for like, $30? Or in order to get something framed well should I actually like, go to a framer?

davidsdurions

If it's a standard size, you can just get the cheap stuff at walmart and that'll do an adequate job. Michael's would be a fine choice and ab upgrade certainly. A professional might be overkill unless you have things you want preserved or showcased for some reason.

Iruka

If its a standard size poster, they make frames that are the right size, its going to be a cheap black frame with thin glass over it and the poster likely will go all the way to the edges (as in it wont come with a mat) http://www.michaels.com/frames/poster-frames/809188414

Shouldn't run you more than 30 bucks unless you want something significantly nicer, but unless its like a limited edition screen print, it probably doesn't call for that.

davidsdurions

Iruka and I are on the same wavelength here.

Heartlash

Thanks guys!

kaliyama

By default, I like to find a nice sturdy oak tree and let gravity and hemp take care of the rest. Specifics depend on what suhforum they frequent. If it'd a G&T megaposter like Tycho, you'll need to make sure his hypertrophied fingers (from all that typing) can't pry his neck free from the rope.

If it's an H&A type like me, we tend to ramble a bit, with correspondingly swollen neck muscles. So, again with me as an example, you'd probably want to crush my larynx before you slipped the noose over my neck.

Tychos suggestion of framing the poster for a heinous crime they didn't commit probably gets a better, safer result, but requires a much greater investment of time and money.

edit: all that said i was just in a conversation with the person who frames my art - original pieces i buy and prints. if you have something you want to preserve and showcase, a professional working with the mat and picking out a quality, complementary frame will make a big difference.

it's expensive, so it's really a question of where you are in life and how much you want to hold on to the poster you have. i didn't start getting things i cared about and wanted to keep until i was 27 or so.

if you want to DIY your own mat, etc. googling should provide here. there's a good preliminary discussion here: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/189228/framing-a-poster