Charts as pictures

Dyflin

Dyflin

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A friend of mine has an old chart hanging on he wall in his home of the area he was born in. But the chart is subject to sunlight on a regular basis and the chart only lasts about a 12-18 months before it becomes faded and needs replacing. Is their anything he can use to prolong the chart's lifespan? I.e. something that will help reflect the UV rays?

Thanks!
 
I used to be interested in creating Chart lamp-shades ......... yes sad isn't it !

What I used to do was to make the shade and then varnish it. Yep - cheap chatty varnish ... seemed the cheaper the better.

For wall hung charts - if you really want to create that old-world effect .... bucket of cold tea and roll chart up and dunk it. Let tea stain and soak in ... carefull take out and let dry without ripping it. This works really well if you can get hold of old Fathom B&W charts .... then frame up and varnish with matt .....

That should give you something to talk about !

BTW - to get old charts for above - if you can talk nicely to a Chart supply agent - try to get a cancelled chart BEFORE he cuts out the title for UKHO refund ... (They cut out the title bit and send back for refund on cancelled charts - which of course ruins it if you want it for display ... it's also to stop cancelled charts going onto market as valid).
 
I have a beautiful painting on my office wall of yachts sailing in Nantucket Sound, painted on a chart of the area. Sounds strange but works really well...
 
I have always wanted to get a copy of the old fathom chart of southern ocean - the wide area one that covers Cape round S. Africa etc. It had all sorts of line-drawings in the sea part ... Whales, Mermaids etc. etc.
When charts went metric - they lost all that olde world charm.

That Southern ocean chart if mounted would be a beaut.
 
You can get UV screening 2mm glass suitable for picture glazing but it is quite expensive(£50+) and it will only slow down the fading,any specialist Antique framing service should be able to supply.
 
bit off topic but might help - check on comic collector web sites, they protect paper from light etc, think mylar <sp> in the in thing at the moment...
 
I take it that the chart is framed and fronted; I'd guess that even a layer of plastic will help slow down the fading, better still the UV resistant stuff mentioned above.

I (bit sad this...) have a couple of large scale west coat of scotland charts hanging on my home office wall. I think they look great, but its not somethign i admit to often /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Old B&W charts of course don't fade, as well as looking more interesting. I was fascinated to find a variety of old Scottish charts available free to view online or for purchase as (reasonably priced) photocopies from the National Library of Scotland here .

Cheers
Patrick
 
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