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- Wed 07 Dec, 2022 4:46 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Relief map
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1897
Re: Relief map
If you use a mount, it will have to be set behind glass - is this what the customer is expecting? I did one a while ago for a customer who didn’t want glass, and wanted the map to be in a standard frame with the relief standing proud of the frame. To get rid of the hole and avoid the need for a moun...
- Tue 15 Nov, 2022 11:01 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Bugs in frames?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2054
Re: Bugs in frames?
If you want to identify them, the Royal Entomological Society offer a free identification service. They'll need a good close-up photo and any other information you can give.
https://www.royensoc.co.uk/understandin ... tion-help/
https://www.royensoc.co.uk/understandin ... tion-help/
- Sat 12 Nov, 2022 2:27 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Liquid Metal Metallic Paints
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4108
Re: Liquid Metal Metallic Paints
Although this does not refer to mettallic finishes... Sorry, Mark, but I don't think off-topic posts are at all helpful, particularly when they're very long and rambling. I'm afraid they're more likely to put people off. You used to be a moderator so I'm surprised to see you indulging in off-topic ...
- Sat 12 Nov, 2022 2:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mountboard Companies
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6687
Re: Mountboard Companies
I get the impression that you’re using an “own brand” board, with you talking about changing supplier rather than manufacturer, is that right? Or are you using a printing/photographic supplier, so you're not sure whose board it is? I'm just a bit confused with you talking about changing "suppli...
- Wed 02 Nov, 2022 3:36 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Slight tear in the paper
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1503
Re: Slight tear in the paper
Excellent, thank you both. I've got permission from the customer to go ahead with the tape and I've ordered it.
- Wed 02 Nov, 2022 2:20 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Slight tear in the paper
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1503
Re: Slight tear in the paper
Wish I could, fitz, but unfortunately the artist's signature is right at the edge so extending the mount would cover up part of the signature
- Tue 01 Nov, 2022 7:41 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Slight tear in the paper
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1503
Slight tear in the paper
I've got a job which is a print, ready mounted (although I'm doing a new mount). The paper has a slight tear in it, about 1cm visible and then running under the mount. As it's only a print and not of any real value, it's not worth sending to a restorer but I'm wondering if it's worth trying to do so...
- Tue 20 Sep, 2022 10:52 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Advice Appreicated
- Replies: 33
- Views: 27413
Re: Advice Appreicated
If it helps to test the water whilst you get started, Wessex Fine Art offer a mount cutting service - https://www.wessexpictures.com/wessex_fine_art.html
- Mon 19 Sep, 2022 6:10 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Advice Appreicated
- Replies: 33
- Views: 27413
- Sat 17 Sep, 2022 5:02 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Advice Appreicated
- Replies: 33
- Views: 27413
Re: Advice Appreicated
Welcome scameron77. Can you tell us approximately what quantity you envisage cutting (eg per week/month). Some machines are better suited to volume cutting than others, but if you don't envisage doing large volumes, a lower spec model will probably be OK and it will cost you less money.
- Fri 09 Sep, 2022 5:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Engraver-cutters
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1917
Re: Engraver-cutters
Many thanks both, for these ideas!
- Thu 08 Sep, 2022 4:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Engraver-cutters
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1917
Engraver-cutters
One of my friends has bought an engraver-cutter, to do some [not-framing-related] jobs for himself. He’s asked if I would find it useful for anything to do with picture framing. It will cut through up to 3mm thick, as well as cutting grooves. I’m not sure what the possibilities are for mounts or fra...
- Tue 06 Sep, 2022 3:41 pm
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: Critiquing again
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11952
Re: Critiquing again
The red spacer is creative and offbeat, so it suits the subject matter and enhances rather than distracts.
- Tue 06 Sep, 2022 11:02 am
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: Critiquing a piece of framed work.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4961
Re: Critiquing a piece of framed work.
I like the darker mount on top, I think it makes it look more dramatic. I also like the fact that it's a solid mount so there's no distracting white bevel.
- Thu 01 Sep, 2022 1:42 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Best method of cleaning up the back of this frame
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1345
Re: Best method of cleaning up the back of this frame
Hi Dave, would this work.... - Start again. - Use a plain backboard to glue the wire to, not a backboard with a hanger. - Lengthen the wire, so that you can use a spacer but instead of it going over the glue blob and causing a bump, the spacer sits over the wire, so that the glue blob is below the l...
- Wed 24 Aug, 2022 5:19 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Just saying hello
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2290
Re: Just saying hello
Welcome, CMO123, I hope you'll enjoy being here and find it useful
- Wed 17 Aug, 2022 1:36 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Whats the best thread for lacing cross stitches?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1202
Re: Whats the best thread for lacing cross stitches?
I asked a similar question a few years ago. Here's the thread which you might find helpful.
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=17513&p=133692&hil ... ch#p133692
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=17513&p=133692&hil ... ch#p133692
- Thu 11 Aug, 2022 1:04 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: sizing issue
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6623
Re: sizing issue
Something similar happened to me a few weeks ago. The customer said she wanted a frame for a mirror that was X by Y. To me, a mirror meant the mirrored glass element, but a mirror to the customer meant the whole thing, frame an' all. Fortunately I saw the item before quoting so thankfully there wasn...
- Sat 06 Aug, 2022 5:11 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: Workshop snacks and refreshmemets.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8181
Re: Workshop snacks and refreshmemets.
Possibly try Nurafen Plus*, which is ibuprofen + codeine. It's quite expensive compared with unbranded ibuprofen, but as I say, it has codeine in it. I find the Nurafen Plus much more effective than paracetamol. * Assuming it doesn't interfere with any other medication you may be taking, but the pha...
- Mon 01 Aug, 2022 6:54 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Oversized ready made frames.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2883
Re: Oversized ready made frames.
Realistically, how many people are going to be passing (and stopping to peruse) your shop window, in what you've said is an increasingly quiet town, which is coming to the end of the summer tourist season, and who are wanting a 30" x 40" frame, in the style/colour you've chosen, and who wa...