{"id":2033,"date":"2012-08-21T19:03:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T00:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bumblejax.com\/content\/?p=2033"},"modified":"2018-09-21T17:53:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T22:53:20","slug":"acrylic-prints-non-glare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/acrylic-prints-non-glare\/","title":{"rendered":"Acrylic Prints: Is Non Glare A Good Option?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve done any research into acrylic photo mounting<\/a> you\u2019ve probably seen some discussion around the issue of regular vs non- glare acrylic and wondered what option was best for you, so we thought we’d spend a little time on the pros and cons of non-glare acrylic.<\/p>\n

Pros<\/strong>:
\nLess glare of course! \u00a0That’s about it!<\/p>\n

Cons:
\n<\/strong>(1) Diminished vibrancy of the image
\n(2) Color Cast
\n(3) Higher cost<\/p>\n

It seems some people get overly concerned with the potential for glare. \u00a0Look around your home during the day and see how much glare is on your traditional glass framed art. \u00a0See it? \u00a0Had you every really noticed it before and if you did, did it really bother you? \u00a0Most will say no. \u00a0If it is a concern for you, proper lighting and strategically placed prints can help. \u00a090% of our customers don’t inquire and don’t care about 100% non-glare acrylic mounting but more are interested in anti-glare acrylic which diminishes it some without losing vibrancy (see below).<\/p>\n

The biggest disadvantage is the loss of vibrancy of your image which is a trade-off we personally wouldn’t make. \u00a0Some can even have a bit of a color cast to it. \u00a0It’s up to you though! \u00a0If you want non-glare acrylic we don’t provide it through our online system and don’t carry it in stock, but we can certainly provide a custom quote and order some for you.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0We have tested quite a few of the non-glare acrylic\u00a0products out there over the years and never found one we were happy with due to the reasons above. \u00a0That is until now. \u00a0Keep in mind there is no acrylic that eliminates glare completely that we’d recommend since it defeats the purpose of acrylic which great vibrancy.\u00a0 In this case, it’s best to just go with one of our products that don’t have an acrylic face (for example our bamboo<\/a>, birch<\/a>, aluminum<\/a>, canvas<\/a>, and\u00a0dibond<\/a> products offer a terrific look with no glare) if you want ZERO glare.<\/p>\n

If you love the vibrancy of the acrylic, but want to minimize glare we recommend an anti-reflective acrylic. \u00a0You get the best of both worlds really – the vibrancy and reduced glare.\u00a0 We now have two choices here:<\/p>\n

TruLife Acrylic Prints<\/a>:\u00a0 In addition to reducing glare around 25-30% (by our estimates), TruLife offers a bump up in UV protection (from 75% for our standard acrylic to about 99%), scratch resistance and anti-static properties to minimize dust.<\/p>\n

Anti-Glare Standard:\u00a0 If glare is your biggest concern then we have a product that reduces it more than the Trulife (about a 50% reduction) but doesn’t have the other benefits.\u00a0 It’s quite a bit cheaper too<\/p>\n

You can order the TruLife acrylic or the standard anti-glare for your face mounting over at our configuration page here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’ve done any research into acrylic photo mounting you\u2019ve probably seen some discussion around the issue of regular vs non- glare acrylic and wondered what option was best for you, so we thought we’d spend a little time on the pros and cons of non-glare acrylic. Pros: Less glare of course! \u00a0That’s about it! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[6,30,31],"class_list":["post-2033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acrylicplexi","tag-acrylic","tag-non-glare","tag-photo-mounting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}