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Hi Patrick, welcome to Framers Forum................ :wink: I also had a numerous amount of medals to frame. Some had ribbons and some without. The medals without ribbons were pretty heavy and I tried just about eveything to get them to stay in place. A very young teenager suggested, quite out of th...

Hi all, thanks for the tips chaps, I will take all this on board.... The offending medal is pretty heavy as medals go and is 5cm across, there is no ribbon attached so it's not going to be as easy as I thought. The other medals are all fine but they have ribbons, and I have dealt with those in the u...

Hi Alec, I too framed a football, along with a signed cricket ball and signed Rugby ball all in the same frame. The football & rugby balls were inserted into a nicely cut holes in the mount, about a 1/4 of the size of the ball, and then siliconed on the backside to hold in place. This was very e...

Hi all, need help!!!! I have recently framed 19 medals in the same frame, some with ribbons and some without. After approximately 4 months it has been reported to me that a couple of medals have slipped to the bottom of the frame. I have to admit that some of the medals are rather heavy and I suspec...

Hi all, need help!!!! I have recently framed 19 medals, some with ribbons and some without. After approximately 4 months it has been reported to me that a couple of medals have slipped to the bottom of the frame. I have to admit that some of the medals are rather heavy and I suspect it to be those i...

I have two paintings drawn on chipboard, dims 4 ft x 6 ft x 20cm, I want to make them "waterproof" to hang in the garden. The ink is waterbased ( I think)

Is this possible and is there any advice please?

20 years ago my mentor said "if you look at your finished job and you say to yourself
that will do, then it won't"

I always remember these little snippets

You have made the right decision

John