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Lion do plastic spacers to separate artwork from glass. All sorts of different sizes.

Thanks for the tip about pre-drying, I might try that. As to Crystal, I have done several of those with no problem. On balance I think I'll cold mount all of them in future to bee on the safe side.

A bit of a coincidence with mine. It was made in 1977, same year I started trading. I didn't get it till 1982.

Anybody come across an inkjet print where silicon release paper welds itself to the surface? I have dry-mounted hundreds of glossy inkjet prints over the years and thought nothing of doing this one, it was Epson according to the back of the paper. I tacked the corner to the board and went to remove ...

You could try running a stream of lighter fluid behind the back of the photo when you have peeled back a bit to start with. This often softens the adhesive and won't harm the photo if it IS an actual photo and not an inkjet-print.

In an idle moment the other day I thought I'd consult the internet on how to get my computer to start up a bit faster. It's been getting slower and slower by the week. Anyway I found a hint about upping the value of prefetch in the registry . It seemed to be a lot better at 5 instead of the default ...

I'm glad to say that today everything is functioning at the gallop. I usually log in at about 4.30 in the afternoon and normally havbe no problems, except for the previously mentioned last few days, so perhaps it's general traffic issues.

The Polo did actually spontaneously combust, but the other one was, I think deliberate arson arranged by the owner.

For no particular reason thought I would display one of my projects for anyone who might be interested.[youtube]N9dQvjs_KAU[/youtube]

The last few days it is taking longer and longer to navigate the site. This is only on the Forum, all other sites are just as quick as usual. For example today it took 3 minutes to get into 'ForumIssues' and 1.75 minutes to get to this posting area. It seems to be an issue with the site, so I do hop...

You never make money by being the cheapest framer around. At that size even in my very cheapest moulding the customer would have been looking at £70+. You tend to keep good customers because your the best - not the cheapest. Its easy to make the mistake of thinking that we are framers - and not sal...

You're a more noble person than me, John! :) I find that a complaint often results in more profit if you keep your cool and deal with it intelligently, even if it is not actually warranted. He will appreciate the concilliation and desert my competitor. Thus I will get the trade that would otherwise...

Problem is that over a year he spends about £300 even though they are cheapo jobs. I still like regulars, even if they are a pain. He's never complained before. So I'm going to do a Boots special ( cheapest one free) so he can't complain again.

I have been a bit fed up for the last few days as business is slow. Practically non-existant in fact. Today one of my regulars came in with three little cheapo jobs, for which I was duly grateful. He then tells me that the reason he hasn't been in lately was that I charged him £62 for a frame last t...

The Jolly Good Framer #1 wrote:I thought it was Peter Stringfellow but without the mullet.
I once saw Becky Jago totally naked… I will give more details if pushed.

Go on then.

Trainee chemist in Cosmetics company- 3years

Two years National Service (+ 6 months for being in at the end1)

The Man from the Prudential - 3 years

Self employed Grocer - 3 years

Painter of commissioned Pet Portraits - 8 years

Picture framer - too long

Duly chastened

You are an organised lot! My chevrons start out all in order, and after about a week, they are all over the place. Usuallly they stay like that for the next few months til I have another tidying storm. I'm always ferreting about looking for the moulding I want to show off.

I don't think the parchment would have to be wetted so much as the glue. If it was required to remove it, the weakest point would be the surface of the backing card. Parchment, glue and surface could be carefully torn away, possibly with the aid of a scalpel, and the wetting would then be possible f...