The Framers Forum

This forum is for beginners and everyone else too! Stick around, you'll learn plenty...I hope you'll stay and enjoy the fun too! Thanks, I've had so much help already. I'm new to framing and forums so it's quite a steep learning curve. I'm soaking up all the info about framing - I think this site i...

kev@frames wrote: You'll find everything you need to know right here on the FramersForum or on the Grumble :) we ALL seem to learn something new on a weekly basis here...

I've learned loads already. It's great forum and thanks for being so open with your advice.
Blaise

We are told that the mitres were good before the frame was placed on radiator. Well even if there was no glue in the mitres at all, as long as the mitres were adequately pinned, the mitres opening up so easily would come as a bit of a suprise. I think they opened up easily because the contrast was ...

It sounds to me like the corners are separating slightly either because your “hold down” clamp is not tight enough or the vise grips are not holding well enough. I think it may be this too. I'm going to try out a few different ways of holding it tomorrow. But one more thing to check. It is possible...

The other factor that can cause problems is the dreaded snot wood - you generally notice this when cutting as the back of the moulding often just breaks away - sometimes the whole moulding just wont cut clean - when you get this soft sappy wood your not going to get a joint that holds. I don't thin...

prospero wrote:blaisehall. :) Meant to ask......What glue are you using?

Wood glue, but only a tiny bit. Perhaps I should be adding more.

we need to see the exact problem ... why not post some photo's... MITREMAN I've dismantled the offending article so can't photograph it I'm afraid. I'm doing lots of tester frames to test out some of the tips. I've got so many ideas on how to fix the problem from you lot I'm sure I can get rid of t...

I'm not sure if we have established what's going on here ... exactly where are the mitres opening? The mitre is lovely all along the back of the frame (where it's pinned) but open a crack all over the front. ...do I understand that this is only a problem on this particular moulding? If so is the mo...

I cut a triangle from 1/8 alumium drilled and counter sunk a screw into the rubber bung (which i bought a spare for) and covered the alumium trangle base over the screw hole with Upholstery rubber glued on with evo-stick. That sound like a good solution to this problem. I'm getting the feeling that...

Get a thin cork floor tile and cover one side. Good when you have to pin a moulding with a sharp top. A chrevron made from approx 3/4" flat moulding (also cork lined) is handy for clamping odd mouldings where there is a steep slope and the pressure pad can't reach without marking the side of t...

...always check after putting on new blades (check there is know burr on the blades first) Thanks Mitreman, for that very detailed advice. I'd forgotten - they are new blades. I'm going to have a fiddle with them tomorrow. I spent the whole of today moving all my mouldings into a warm, dry place to...

Not your average framer wrote: Another possibility is training at Lion in Birmingham and the word is that they are very good too!

Thanks for the advice. I am looking at getting some training at Lion.

WelshFramer wrote:...you could always bring it over here to mount so long as it's no bigger than 32 inches x 40 inches. I'd charge about £10.

Thanks very much for the offer. I will bear it in mind.

WelshFramer wrote: Whereabouts in Wales are you?

I'm in Carmarthenshire

No it [Spraymount] isn't reversible. The chemicals in the adhesive will penetrate the fibres of the poster and even though sometimes a spray adhesive mount will fall apart there is still residue left there. Thanks for telling me. I bought some from Lion, but it's sitting on the shelf still wrapped ...

It sounds like you need some serious education and I would encourage you to do a course at a framing school to learn the basics of framing. I would recommend that you do not use trial and error on anyones art or items. Wait until you know how to do a framing process, professionally, before you try ...

A neat tip that works a treat on some mouldings (reverses in particular) is to make a short reverse-mitred chrevron with scraps of the same section, that is with the inner sight edge on the 'outside'. Place this face down on the corner to be pinned. You then have a flat surface for the pressure pad...

[quote="Mary Case GCF"]Welcome Blaise.[/quote] Thanks Mary. [quote="Mary Case GCF"]A mountboard liner is really just a piece of non-acidic mountboard or "barrier board" hinged to the top mount. Hinge the poster to that and it makes a poster sandwich.[/quote] Oh good, no...

[quote="Roboframer"]Do you have a dry mount press - vacuum or mechanical? (Duh - course you do - what am I thinking of - you've already said you are framing professionaly) By the sound of it artcare restore would be my solution. [/quote] No, I'm afraid I don't have a dry mount press yet. I...

Hi again, Yes - quite helpful. The only thing is it all seems a bit advanced! Perhaps I should go and look for another forum for beginners. Anyway, the gist I'm getting is that there is a special way to stick it down without really sticking it down using something called an 'acid free mountboard lin...