The Framers Forum

By the time you have marked the back of the mount for the window, by using a pencil, drawing down the mat guide, turning the mount so each side so it's marked, then cutting each side, you have put the mount in a total of eight times compared to four if you use the productions stops Ah that's true. ...

Thanks again guys. Much appreciated information! Just for context - this is what I'm framing: http://www.timeless.gallery Unfortunately, I know a lot more about the antiquities than I do framing techniques! I was taught the basics last year by the excellent Crome Galleries in Norfolk, but am now dis...

Thanks again for all the advice. I had a go at it today (sanding/filling/repainting) with less than desirable results :) It's just inexperience I guess, I'll have another crack at it tomorrow. From now on, I'm buying obeche! Also, I'll pop to B&Q tomorrow for some fine-surface filler (never hear...

Thanks for your detailed reply, Mark. I can see why it's easier to just avoid them in the first place! Maybe I'll reframe it then - I'm quite used to screwing up and starting from scratch! :) Incidentally, I was just wondering about the 'fingernail test'. I've been using acrylic based paints to hand...

That's great advice, thanks Prospero, Vintage and NYAF. I wonder if I can get away with sanding/filling the frame as is, then repainting, rather than scrapping the whole thing and starting again. I'll have a crack at it tomorrow!

Thanks again.

Jon

Hello Newbie and clueless here. I was just wondering what you might do about knots in the moulding for hand-finished frames. They kind of show through the paint, even after loads of coats. Are there clever ways to deal with them that I just don't know about, or do you just keep piling on the paint, ...