The Framers Forum

Put a closed sign on the door today and went to the vibe in Cape Town

I make the under mount larger than the top mount dimensions - position the top mount over the photo then trim off the excess of the under mount

Lots of SWC humour doing the rounds

I have used cheapos ( Diamantor single wheel ) for years and have never had a problem with them - stored in a half coke tin with wd 40 in it - I do buy 3 or 4 new cutters every couple of months but at ZAR 20 it never hurts the pocket. It is very easy to tell when to bin a cutter and I have even binn...

Go ahead Keith - I too find them pretty insane during the game - after a goal - fine, but for 90 minutes ??????

There's Brits all over Cape Town............ well damn good luck for the game tonight!

Not a single one yet - maybe they are all worried that I have read that thing about the size of the lower anatomy and the white-with-red-cross identifier

What an awesome day we have just had down here !!!!!!!!!!!! Have never ever experienced such a vibe in my life.............. and I haven't even dared venture off my property. Just standing in the back garden this afternoon and you could hear screams and shouts, vuvus, music billowing over the hills ...

What I did was to hinge onto a board slightly smaller than the document (there were fortunately red tramlines drawn around the script so I cut that board to line up with them) then I stuck that board onto the background colour required - spaced it about 20mm deep to accommodate the lifting edges but...

I use the Cassese Masters bulk pack in 7 and 10 . Contains 8000 wedges per box ( no cartridges - just the wedge strips), costs less and merely loads into the plastic cartridge. Lasts me about 4 to 6 weeks so shelf life is no issue ( not that it is in any case I think). I don't often buy the longer w...

Thanks Dermot ! I have once before queried the price of the UV acrylic from the firm where I buy Correx ( the fluted stuff I use for backing) but it was so horrific that I can't even remember what it was - I think it was more than I pay for museum glass (the stuff from Germany - can't remember it's ...

Thanks a mil for the replies ! The folds are not a problem - it's just that the whole sheet (about 700mm square) tends to lift up on the sides and if there was a way of reducing the lift I could have tried it but we shall do it as is me thinks.......... like the idea of cutting open the back but the...

This indenture came in today for framing - Edgeware Rd London dd 1877. The parchment has been folded a long time. I intend using 4 x paper and starch hinges to hang it but does one do any thing to 'flatten' it ? - my advice to the customer was to leave as is and space it deep enough from the glass (...

A friend of mine is head of the NSRI (national sea rescue institute) at V & A Waterfront in Cape Town. Last week his mother passed away and he is under a lot of stress. This evening he phoned and asked about a frame for a photo of her which he had printed for the funeral tomorrow - or should he ...

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I mailed the suppliers/producers of the adhesive for info today and am waiting for a response . It is water solluble when liquid but on drying it becomes a sticky layer (which is then no longer affected by water ) before I apply the print with a rubber roller. Did a test strip with the glue and put ...

Interesting thought John - might just try hanging one to check the result although being such a large image it might just bulge towards the glass but worth a try even it is just to check the glass - the adhesive I use is water solluble, I apply it to a board with a sponge roller and it becomes stick...

Anybody out there who indulges in photography or printing who has any idea about this problem - couple of months ago I had this image printed to 100cm tall and framed it up but have twice since then had to open up the whole thing to clean the glass - it must be off-gassing of some sort because the g...

I would use 3mm correx with straight flutes - sure it must be available in UK - actually made for billboards and signs . That which I buy as backing material is 1.5 x 2.5 metres and would fold easily to make a folder and it is cheap

I hope all you framers in the UK labour intensively and are not conservativein your pricing so that you all make liberal amounts of dosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good luck for 6 May.