The Framers Forum

I think you meant "orange peel" - not "egg shell".

WOW!!! That is a brilliant idea - support Europe not the US. I agree with your sentiment 100%

Very sad to hear of any business closing down, but particularly such a long established one. Presumably suppliers will sell off Colourmount stock and then it will no longer be available, unless there's the [slim] possibility of another company buying it out.


Judging by facebook posts from ...

James Braddock (the MD) has posted on Linkedin...

"A sad day today. Slater Harrison & Webmaster will close their doors for the final time after 95 years in the trade.
As many of you know, I've been here since I left school and it's been a wonderful experience. I'd like to express thanks to ...

I've just seen some things popping up to say Slater Harrison seem to have gone out of business - but don't know much more at the moment. Does anyone have more details & if you use Slaters - who will you swap to???

you might be better following "up" - rather than following "through" - I'll get my coat...

If you are a customer of Wessex Pictures in Ashford you could ask them who they sell drymount supplies to - when I worked at the Oldham depot I regularly used to pair people up.

The item was produced before 1952 as noted by the reference to "by appointment to the king" at the top. My thoughts are that it was "wet mounted" with some starch adhesive and not dry mounted.
Yes, Chartex was invented in 1938. However, wet mounting was far less expensive and is easier to align ...

I wouldn’t want to even if the customer suggested it really. It doesn’t have a date but is old enough to be treated as carefully as I can.


Odd reaction? - chance of around 99percent that the fabric was drymounted to the back of the map in the first place.
It's highly likely to be "chartex ...

Great little machine - in fact it is identical to the first press I used at school in 1979 for my photography O level - happy days. Clear silicone film will work just fine. You really need a piece of 3mm MDF as your topmost layer. This needs to be about 16" x 20" - so bigger than the press top plate ...

What kind of press do you have???

...just contact a local framer - explain your position and use - job done.

...take a wooden baseball bat and a toffee hammer...

Carefully insert the z clips all around the business end of the bat and hey presto - the perfect weapon for the zombie apocalypse

Q: What are these?
A: Flippin Sharp...

Honeymonster wrote: Thu 12 Sep, 2024 7:20 am Looks like you beat me into retirement!!

59 is old enough - I have been knocking around in these industries since I was a kid. I actually drymounted my first photo in 1979 - I was just 15 and studying photography O level at school.

Honeymonster wrote: Tue 10 Sep, 2024 4:02 pm Hi Steve,

Good spot ... I will update.

BTW Many thanks for all of your help and advice over the years.

Nick

Nick - good luck with your sales and help and advice were my pleasure.

small point - you seem to have posted your shop address - but - your home post code - on ALL your separate posts...

PVA won't work - it will simply peel off in the future - very neatly too.

Keying the dibond is essential - but the artist is delusional to want it on dibond in the first place.

You "could" hot mount it using drymount film - but again keyed dibond is essential & the drymount film would need to be ...

What's the difference (if any) between an Ademco and Keencut hot press.

Superficially they look very similar but did one company take over the product from the other?


Do you have any pictures of the machines you are talking about?

The first machines I sold (in the photo trade) were all Ademco ...

Richard's Funeral Details

Richard's sister, Erica has been in touch this afternoon with details as follows...

1st September - 12 noon at St. Peters RC Church in Livingston - 9 Carmondean Centre - Livingston - EH54 8PT
then 1pm at West Lothian Crematorium - Starlaw Place - Starlaw Road ...