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4 May 14
How did it do after the first winter? Very well. It wasn't that hard a winter but we did get a lot of wind and a fair amount of snow. Our biggest problem was hanging it on the wall. A normal indoor hanger just doesn't cut it. And it was blown off the wall at least four times. Now we have it leaning on the house instead of hanging.
So far as we can tell there isn't any change in the color after five months outside. There was some damage from falling off the wall. The bottom was dented from the fall. Also, there is one small scratch; you have to use a finger nail to find it and you can't see the base metal. It's also a bit dirty from the dust, water spots, and pollen, but the dirt just wipes off. The metal print we have used an infusion method where the ink is pulled into the metal and it goes a far way in. Next update will be towards the end of September.
6 Jan 14
After many people asking "Do aluminun art prints survive sun and weather?" I remember my dad saying "I don't know" wasn't an acceptable answer unless followed with "but I will find out." So, we decided to take one of our aluminun art prints that failed our quality assurance check and hang it outside and check on it about every six months or so.
It is facing basically due south in a full sun location. It is, also, on the corner of the house where the wind gets funneled between the house and a line of alder. So, for the next four months, it's going to get live outside during an Alaska winter, and, then, it will get more sun that most could every want from an Alaskan summer--all 19 hours a day in June.
We can't decide if it is going to enjoy the fresh air or fade away to nothing. But based on ancient coke cans we're found, we're betting on no effects. However, we do thing the untreated wood frame will probably fail first.
Why you ask am I posting about this? Well, we're basically doing this blog to document our hikes on where we're going to take pictures for our gallery. The online gallery, by the way, can be reached from the changing pictures on the lower left of the page.
If you're wondering what a aluminum prints, where a couple of vendors that can make them. Please, NOTE, I'm providing the links as references only as I haven't used either as a vendor yet.
http://www.adoramapix.com/app/products/metalprints
http://www.bayphoto.com/metalprints/
