The Framers Forum

Hi Andy
yes it is, I will give you a call in the morning..

LAwrie

Price reduced to £650 and I've found some extra over laminate to throw in.

Some photos at last. Complete with training DVD, Instructions, original fuse (wow!), front feed bar and a full roll of 1040mm x 25 metre 75μ Gloss Pressure Sensitive Laminate. A 50μ (micron) gloss clear PVC film that is coated one side with a highly oxidation, UV and blanch resistant permanent press...

I have a Hotpress Jetmounter 43" for sale. The are a few very small nicks (not cuts) in the top roller but they are very shallow and short and dont impact whatsoever. If it wasn't for them I would say it's almost "as new". Its very well built and a real tank. I think I also have instr...

A very, very little used vacuum hot press in very good condition. Lots and lots of extra film and accessories, vacuum pump also included. It also comes with the original stand which were quite expensive in themselves and gives handy storage space underneath. You can lay a sheet of ply on top of the ...

Polyvine works a treat, although a little difficult to apply onto an off white paint as I found it difficult to see where I had applied/not applied it, that's just a very minor thing. I will be using it from now on. Thanks for the suggestions. FYI... I had to pop into B&Q this morning and get so...

I bought the Wax finish one. It's in a white bottle and white label as opposed to the greenish plastic bottles for the rest of their range. Didn't have time to try it I but hope to tomorrow. I will be painting it on top of Dulux Trade Matt Flat paint. My next step will be to experiment more with pai...

Just bought Polyvine and Turps, will arrive tomorrow. Isn't Amazon amazing? (order at 8:45pm for next day delivery!)

Great and many thanks again for everyone's input.

I will buy beeswax, turps and polyvine matt varnish in the morning to experiment.

I am just starting to make hand finished/painted frames. One of the reasons is I hope it presents a better product and also that most of them will be made for someone who moves their work around to art events regularly and no matter how careful they are they get dings in the their frames. I am hopin...

Hi Steve, I mostly need standard mounts cutting. I could always do the 3mm by hand and CMC the 1.4mm stuff myself. Thanks for the offer...

Hi Steve
thanks for the offer, I might be in Bristol shortly and if there is room in the transport I will try and take 50 mount boards with me, can you cut 3mm ( or thereabouts) mountboard?

thanks

Lawrie

Would 50 full sheets cut into 600 mounts be of interest to anyone to do on a regular basis?

Hi I am cutting mounts by hand, but looking to save time and get them cut wholesale. Just wondering what sort of volumes would be required to make it worthwhile for someone with a mount cutter. Sizes have been designed so they mostly nest pretty efficiently out of a 815mmx1125mm 1.4mm thick board. T...

I have a HGP200 in very good condition that includes the original Hotpress stand, plenty of consumables, vacuum pump, training DVD etc... I am asking £750ono... I am based in SW London.

Hi
I am hoping to buy a replacement shortly. when I have this one will be available. Are you in a rush to buy?

I also have a low use Hotpress HGP220 (which is a good size) with sundries available immediately if anybody is interested.

Lawrie

My advice is not to use an ordinary inkjet printer unless its a "giclee" printer. The difference is the ink. Normal inkjets use "dye" inks which might last a few weeks or months before noticeable fading. "Giclee" printers are much the same mechanically but use "pig...

Good ideas, I have a few handheld matter cutters kicking around. first I will try one of those, if that doesn't work (I am slightly suspecting it may scuf/mark the mount) will invest in one of those cutters that you linked to.

Many thanks

I have a little used Drytac laminator 43" in good condition but I am expecting to have to mount larger soon. Does anybody have a larger laminator that they would like to swap for a smaller model? I need to mount up to 1220 mm, preferably a little larger say 1300mm. I may be open to selling if y...

I know there are circular/oval mount cutters out there but the ones I have seen are: 1. too small 2. take up a lot of storage space since I only want to cut circular apertures up to around 70cm diameter how reasonable is it to make one. I recently bought a silberschnitt circular glass cutter ( I dec...