Hanging a picture on a boat

[Badger]

Any tips on hanging a framed picture on the forward bulkhead between the saloon and forecabin. I think you can buy special clip holders that screw to the back of the frame ? Any ideas ?

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[ccscott49]

You can get little plates, made of brass, with three little holes in them, in a triangular pattern, screw two little screws into the frame to hold the plates and one to screw into bukhead, two plates is normally adequate. You can get them from framers and genral hardware shops, try the older ones. Can't remember what they are called, but if you explain what they are for, I'm sure you'll have no trouble.

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[l'escargot]

I use self adhesive velcro tape - about a 1/2" strip in each corner - no holes to drill and you can take it down or reposition quite easily.

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[LORDNELSON]

They are called "mirror plates", obtainable from, among others, Screwfix and presumably B&Q.

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[snowleopard]

i have mounted a couple of plaques by screwing through the bulkhead into the back of them. they don't fall off!

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[maxi]

Try silicone, no holes in the bulkhead to devalue your boat when the time comes to sell up. Works for me, even holds those heavy bronze Festival of the Sea plaques.

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[claymore]

Up in Scotland where men are men and pansies are only flowers we have big winds and big seas. We tend to use 3 inch galvanised clout nails. Cheap, no electrolytical action, nice big heads so you don't need to worry about the picture pulling out and if you hit them right through the bulkhead you can bend the ends up and turn em into coathooks or somewhere to hang the outboard motor from when you are off the boat.
Hope this helps

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Claymore
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[Plum]

Sticky back velcro.

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[Metabarca]

What a giveaway from Claymore: surely a real hairy-chest Scot would consider it a pansy thing to have a cissy picture in his boat?! What are we to deduce?
Besides, a picture takes up valuable sporran-hanging space!
;-)

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[Badger]

yes but the picture is probabaly of William Wallace and says welcome to your gory bed or to liberty. Mine is called "Weather Clearing" by a marine artist called Peter Toms RMS HS. He doeas some really nice stuff.

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[castaway]

Good one this...

Im just in the process of transplanting some of the water colours done by my Dad of my previous boats, (he was a professional artist), from home to my saloon. However I am worried about damp damaging the paper...not to say that my saloon is anything but a warm welcoming and hospitable place!!

Any ideas anyone ?

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[claymore]

Buy yourself an Eberspacher.
They are very good apparently and make everywhere warm and cosy. They make a humming noise when on and when you are walking around marinas you can spot whose got one by the low humming noise they make.
They do three things really well.
1) They keep everywhere warm and are ideal for generating a watercolour-friendly environment
2) They stop crew from whingeing about the cold
3) They cover everywhere in a fine film of diesely soot when not installed correctly.


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[Metabarca]

Re: watercolours

I know you can get a spray-on fixative for watercolours, but I'm not sure this would stop mould or foxing, merely dissolution if splashed!
Alternatively, since these are clearly valuable works in terms of their affective nature, wouldn't it be worth considering doing a good scan of them and printing on watercolour paper (ie producing a facsimile?). Or having this done professionally?

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[longjohnsilver]

Why not have some prints made for the boat and keep the originals at home.

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[claymore]

Gory bed - or to Victory I think.
it was once suggested that Peter Thoms is to Yachting what Terence Cuneo is to Railways. Interesting perspective if not a little difficult to conceptualise.

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[castaway]

Got an Eberspatcher already.. I previously thought they were just for retired couples who use their boats over the winter.. however I must say it very good for getting the crew out of their bunks... just make sure that yr fenders are not hanging over the exhaust!

Also very good for force drying socks.. I stuff em up the outlet into the cabin ...gets a few comments from the crew ...but sod 'em.. its my boat init?

Regds Nick

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[castaway]

Re: watercolours

I think this is the course I will take.. maybe these print shops can help, as I would wish to have them transfered to appropriate paper.

Thanks Nick

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[boatone]

Re: watercolours

I would certainly not put the originals on the boat but get good copies made and printed on heavyweight art paper and then heat sealed and framed.
This is my line of work so let me know if you need further help.
Incidentally, I regularly provide high quality prints from peeps digital pics if anyone is interested, even print on canvas.
TonyR

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[ccscott49]

Re: watercolours

Tony could you do one from the piiccy I sent you, framed etc? Or would you need a better quality etc?

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[boatone]

Re: watercolours

Sorry Colin, so long ago I cant remember and cant find it either Im afraid.
As rule of thumb images for good quality prints need 200 pixels or so per inch of print.
eg 10" x 8" print need digipic to be about 2000 pixels x 1600 pixels =3.2 megapixels.

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