I've been talking with Brad for a bit on doing a custom size frame for my double sided Star Wars poster I've had for around 20 years. I picked it up at Gencon when it was still in Milwaukee. Thought it was cool and didn't think too much with it. It's been a pain to figure out backlighting it, let alone finding ANY frame that'd fit. It's 40 x 30, which I've never seen that size before; let alone a frame.

I placed a deposit down to have a frame made, and waited the 6 weeks for it to come in. It finally made it during this last week and I was able to swing down tonight and pick it up. Chatted with Brad a bit, ended up buying 2 more frames for my Tron translites and then it was back on the road back home.

Couldn't wait til morning, so got it installed pretty quick. Couldn't be happier with how it turned out! 20 years after buying this thing, it's finally framed a lit up!

Coverage looks great, no issues I can see with this size. With the poster being double sided, it looks amazing on full brightness, no washed out colors. Now I gotta mount it on the wall!

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You can back light any poster, as Brad said; but normal posters will be washed out. A double sided poster is different in that the backside isn't white like normal ones, but the image reversed printed on the back as well. They're printed specifically to be lit. It's what you see in movie theaters.

I pulled this info off another site that explains them a bit:

The single-sided posters have printing only on the front side with a white backside, while double-sided posters have the same artwork on the front and backside. The artwork on the back is reversed (in lighter shading). Double-sided posters are normally printed on a thicker paper than are the single-sided version. These posters are displayed in "light boxes". Because of the reverse artwork on the back, the double-sided printing gives a more life-like look to the poster when a light is placed behind it.

The doubled-sided poster is the result of a very expensive printing process which involves running the initial negative through at normal color intensity. The poster is then reversed and run back through the presses at a reduced color indensity, such as 30% to 40% of the initial color. This is why the artwork on the front is more colorful and detailed than the reverse print on the back.

Finally got the two frames I picked up with my star wars frame hung tonight. Still need to run the power cord through the wall, but pretty happy on how it's looking!

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