Poster preservation?

[red90q]

So I have tons of car magazines that are worthless. I don't want to throw them out so I have decided to go with a collage. I plan on cutting out pictures of cars and making a large poster and gluing them to bristol board then mount it to wood. Probably make a frame for it as well. After gluing everything I would like to clear coat it for protection as it will be mounted in my garage, temps varying from freezing to boiling. Just wondering if anyone has ever used any type of lacquer or clear spray on magazines before. Any other ideas guys?
Cheers
Ian

 

[Poltax]

I have all my posters in my garage laminated. My brother used to work for a company that had one that would do poster size. Most print shops or hobby type stores can laminate for you. This also helps them not to fad from the light.

 

[red90q]

I'll look into laminating but wanted to keep it cheap. Thanks for the tip though

 

[MScott]

My late wife used to do collages using a product called Mod Podge. I believe it is available through craft stores and outlets. It is used both as the glue and as a sealer.

http://www.plaidonline.com/apMP.asp

 

[jjjrmx5]

Most effective way is to cut images to fit and dry-mount as one image to museum quality acid free art board and then frame using UV glass to prevent UV image fading.

If doing as a collage, I've used Best-Test rubber cement to secure images to an acid-free poster board and then had that framed. Still have work from the mid-80's holding up fine.

Dry-mounting is the best for flat artwork that will be framed and uv glass keeps the fade to a minimum.

 

[red90q]

Just thought I'd share my poster/collage me and my daughter made during the cold winter. Cut out of a lot of car magazines. I used Mod Podge that MScott suggested. Also used layers of the stuff to protect it. I plan on using a piece of plexi over it as well though. It measures about 40x29. Not bad if I do say so. My daughter is very happy with it as well. I'll hang it in the garage soon

 

[John in OH]

Nice! I like the road and road sign on the left side ... adds a little twist of interest.