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Impressive! But what about the glazing? How was that cut?

Nice and clean! Consider it nicked.

There's also an International Standard (ISO) recommending 97% plus - again Tru Vue have a finger in that pie. What none of these standards/recommendations tell you is WHY 97%. How did they reach that figure, what tests were done? No, they do not "have a finger in that pie." ISO are fierce...

the tru vue tests are done by the image permenance lab or something like that, who happened to be sponsored by (yes you guessed it) tru vue!!!! No, sorry but this is completely wrong. TruVue does their testing in-house; I know this because I have seen the testing facility in person and have spoken ...

Roboframer wrote:For anyone who has the GCF study guide - why does the frame sealing tape have to be the gummed variety? It's my default anyway - but only because I like it and it's cheap.

Because a water-based adhesive will almost always hold up better than pressure-sensitive adhesives.

Are you trying to wrap a joined liner, or the four indivdual legs before they're joined?

A few months ago I did something very similar with a magazine, with a few differences: 1. I only used the one vertical strip of Mylaer inside the front cover. 2. I attached a slightly undersized piece of black AF foam board behind the mounted magazine. 3. When I cut the strips to line the sides of t...

The customer has sent me this link which you all may find "interesting" they are saying that if you use plexi-glass / acrylic you have no need to use spacers. http://www.hollywoodposterframes.com/index.php?p=page&page_id=faq No. Oh no. Dear no. These people are hacks, pure and simple....

I have no problem with it. I'd back off the blades after each cut when needed, but not all mouldings hang up and need it.

When I learned yo use chopper I quickly found it was faster and easier to move it with my knee. Very helpful when chopping moulding for a hundred or two 8x10 frames.

I'll call you tomorrow.

Send me a private message and I'll make sure you get on the invite list for our PPFA chapter. We have a great meeting coming up in June.

Beautiful work!

What part of Houston are you in? I assume you are in Houston...

I've emailed my contact at TruVue to see if there is a solution to this or at least an answer as to why it's done that way. Will let you know...

No, the ability to hold accreditation without being a member of the governing body is not unique to the FATG. One can attain and keep CPF and MCPF status without being a member of the PPFA. Keep in mind that a CPF, GCF or MCPF are often employees, not owners of a store, and yearly membership dues ma...

Nigel Nobody wrote:I'm afraid my 'grumpy old man' status would have reared itself and I would have used that negative two letter word in the English language in response to his question........I'm sure you can guess what the word is.

My response probably would have had two more letters.

Here are some thoughts on the matter: http://decormagazine.com/2010/03/10/boo ... nal-sales/

As much as I would love a laser engraver to play with, I don't have one. A framer local to me has one and offers it as a service to other framers.

Any updates? I took the survery and left my information, haven't heard anything yet.

Thanks for the compliments, everyone. David, the laser engraving was done with, well, a laser engraver. Imagine a Gunnar mountcutter or an X-Y plotter, but with a laser head instead of a cutting or printing head. Pretty much the same thing as a printer: lay out the text or artwork, position it and l...

To help prevent fading and other damage, and to allow the best view of the texture and color I used Museum Glass. FrameSpace spacers provided the airspace needed. I fit the needlepoint in without glass initially so that I could get good photos. What I found interesting was that it actually looked be...