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osgood wrote:John,
The odour it gives off could be an indicator of gases it's giving off. All the polystyrene that I have come across, stinks!
I think Ormond is correct, John. On seeing it, I immediately had a wee niggle in the back of my mind that it gives off some sort of vapour. I don't know whether things have changed since they started making CFC-free stuff....
........Áine JGF SGF FTB .Briseann an dúchas trí shuiligh an chuit.
its the type of cost-cutting you see from time to time. I suspect its to reduce weight as well as materials costs. what do you reckon?
But I suppose, like MDF and styrene (and no-more-nails) polystyrene has its uses ... pass the masking tape
perhaps its more evidence of a disposable society, where the art is merely temporary anyway. For example , I remember eating "limited edition" marmite crisps (and very good they were too) and not only did they have a sell-by date, I wouldn't have dreamed of wanting to preserve them for all eternity.
Maybe limited edition no longer equals "worth keeping"? Shame the decision was made by the publisher, rather than the customer, though.
Well I never thought Washington Green would sink that low, although I've heard various negative comments on their other cost cutting antics. If it had to be anyone, we all know they were the most likely. I suppose the further you go down that road the easier it becomes to think the unthinkable and not realise what your customers will think about it.
When you consider the massive buying power of Washington green and the massive discount they can already get, the tiny savings they can get out of this, show that a quick buck is more important than the value of their reputation or brand name.
Matbe it's some 'special' stuff, but I don't think so - it's squishy - just like normal packaging stuff.
As I said, most publishers use stuff you or I would use - stuff you can get from framing suppliers - I don't know any that sell that polystyrene - unless for packaging maybe ?
Again - all done under the FATG logo, do they care? Bovvered? Bovvered?
kev@frames wrote:Does foamcore have a polystyrene centre? or some other sort of "foam"?
Yes, but it's extruded - the packaging stuff is expanded - I think.
Plus foamcore is, as the word suggests a board with a polystyrene core, sandwiched between two sheets of other stuff.
Even if it wasn't, it wouldn't flake off and crumble like the packaging stuff does.
Out of sight, out of mind.
To answer NYAF's question - how do they stick it to the bevel. They don't - it is wrapped and taped on the back as shown and taped in the same way on the front and then covered by the top mount.
New FATG standard, mebbe?
... pass the masking tape 
