Unlike many other canvas printing companies in Australia we also offer a number of extra services for free:

• Free shipping! We deliver anywhere in Australia for free.
• Free image manipulation such as getting rid of red eye, straightening horizons and lightening the image
• Every canvas delivered ready to hang, straight to your door
• Bubble wrapped and boxed
• Free choice of wrapping types
• Every canvas is stretched by hand on a quality wood stretcher frame
• Protected with UV laminate

Many companies in Australia will charge extra for any thing out of the ordinary meaning that customers often end up having to pay as much as 25% extra or have to settle for an inferior product. Our photos on canvas and other pre-made canvas prints are all mounted on think, premium quality stretcher bars that are designed to both protect the canvas and also not warp over time. We add an invisible laminate to our canvases to protect them against scrapes, wear and tear and fading from UV light damage.

We will also make many image adjustments without charge such as removing date stamps, removing red eye, straightening wonky horizons and will even add a splash of red to a black and white image!

We use Fastways couriers for most of our packages ensuring a fast and safe delivery of your canvas prints. If you are not in at the time then they will simply return another day when its more convenient, or you can drop by the local depot.

So dont hesitate, logon to http://bluehorizonprints.com.au today to print your favourite photo onto canvas or to browse our enormous range of canvas prints such as modern art prints , abstracts, childrens art, triptychs, split panels canvas art, pop art, Andy warhol style images, Tram and bus destination scrolls and amazing Panoramics.

This is a blog from Blue Horizon Printing, please logon to our main site to view our full range of products and services.

Gary Klungreseth

Blue Horizon Printing

http://bluehorizonprints.com.au

1300 632 332

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5 panel split canvas print

The laminate protects the canvas is a number of ways, firstly the lamination helps prevent scratches to the print from being banged when moved. An un-laminated canvas print is vulnerable to being damaged very easily and at some point in its lifespan it will probably be badly handled, the dame caused is often irreparable. Secondly, the protective coating prevents the canvas from water damage such as humidity, this also means that the canvas can be gently cleaned with a damp cloth to remove dust and finger marks. A good quality laminate will also enrich the colours and contrast of a print.

It is important to note that a good laminate is completely invisible, it does not detract from the image, and it will further enhance the vivid colours of the print, bringing out depth and vibrancy.

If we were to print a photo on canvas using our Artist quality Poly/Cotton then leave it un-laminated and exposed to light and full sun UV rays, the image would last for around 56 years before there is colour fading and shift. This is because of the UV resistant inks we use. However, when we laminate the canvas, this figure more than doubles 120 years. (Results based on Canson canvas and Epson inks third party testing)

You may say, “I don„t really need the canvas to last 50 to 120 years! however preventing physical damage is the main issue, whether it is from dropping or scrapping the canvas or preventing water damage from humidity. Without lamination a canvas in the tropics can end up with fungus or mould on it, an un-laminated canvas cannot be cleaned without fear of damage.

Some canvas printers out there dont laminate, some even recommend against it! The only viable reason for this is that they haven„t read the information now available from the numerous 3^rd party laboratories that all agree, laminates only add to the quality of a canvas. Many canvas printers will avoid laminating in order to avoid incurring the extra expense and effort required to laminate canvases. This lamination process takes time to cover the canvas and then to wait for them to dry. At Blue Horizon Printing it is vitally important that we give our customers 100% satisfaction that their canvas will look great, not be rushed and will stand the test of time.

Our recommendation is never buy an un-laminated canvas print if you want your print to last more than a couple of years.

Canvas print

A good quality branded canvas is essential in order to get a good quality, long lasting canvas print. The major brands of canvas are all independently colour tested and the results made public. Many companies will not tell you the brand of canvas they use; this is because they are using cheap Chinese canvas.

If the canvas is an unknown brand or it hasn’t been independently fade-tested, then how can you know any good? You wouldn’t buy a TV if you didn’t know the brand. Canvases of unknown brand, origin or manufacture may be prone to fading over time and often even yellowing.

There are only a small number of laboratories worldwide that are considered an authority on colour reproduction, longevity, fading etc. The most highly regarded of these is Wilhelm Imaging Research.

Rigorous testing is done on the permanence of inks, consistency of the canvas or paper and their reactions in dry, humid, dark, light and protected conditions. The results are then published so anyone can access them. It is vitally important that the lab be an independent body and recognised as such. This guarantees the neutrality of the testing company and adds weight to the results.

Blue Horizon Printing use the Canson Infinity canvas and paper range. The canvas has been tested to over 100 years of colour lasting.