The Framers Forum

#1 - check the frame to see if it is a bit small. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen from production lot of a ready made to a different lot of ready made. Some manufactures have a full 1/8" allowance and others do not and still others have no allowance.

Mary, There have been several threads on this over the years on this UK site and in the US. The crux of the situation is that the creases will never totally come out. Once the clay coated stock of a poster is creased, that is it. Mounting will reduce the visibility somewhat but not totally. If you l...

We have already had a hard frost........... Thursday night at a high school soccer game we had freezing rain ARGH

I have a client for which I have framed numerous Relic Cases. I usually back the display with velveteen fabric. I cut an opening into the backing board (foamcore) to the size of the case and then pressure fit the case into the hollowed out area. In some cases there are rings attached to the cases an...

In our industry, just about everything is discussed using the glass size as the standard when ordering plus standard allowances for frames of 1/8".

From my point of view, that is a large photo; not, a very large photo. Last winter I had 4 photo images 48" x 96" to frame for an advertising agency. They were to be hung in their offices. The real hard part of the project was delivery.............. After having my van xrayed I was allowed...

In addition to the hardness/softness of the hold down foot there is or might be an air pressure question. I as well, do not know the machine you have; but, my machine has multiple valves to control the separate air pistons (driver piston, hold down piston, inside the corner hold piston. I have also ...

Like the UK - framers here in the US and other countries have the resources to make themselves or have their suppliers make antique reproduction frames in any number of styles and degrees of "age" distressing.

conservation isn't an issue with my stuff

Why not? If you are framing things for clients, It should be.

...find a suitable second hand ornate picture frame for a painting size - 16"x24" That can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. You did not say, but I am assuming that you are an end user. I would suggest that you find a local framer and see what they can do for you, at a price tha...

Never heard of them.

BTY, the board they are selling is wood pulp, not a conservation grade product. They might be supplied by Savage.

I guess it all depends on the brands you have available. One of my guns is rated @ 850F° (454°C)..... the other, designed for shrink wrapping is much cooler.


This one is rated at 1,100°F

You can fine them at a house paint supply store. They use them to strip old paint from surfaces with the aid of a putty knife.

If that is your budget, I would suggest a good miter vise and do it the old fashion way with wire nails and glue after placing 2 rails(sticks of timber) in the vise. Yes those nail holes will have to be filled.

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just a thin coat of old fashion paste wax.

I was in the conservation lab of the Portrait Gallery in Washington DC some years ago. They were using fine round wire staples made from stainless steel for their stretching. Not the broad flat wire of a T-50 or equiv stapler. also staple through a protective strip of awning canvas (a twill tape may...

As 2 of you have commented, pliers are not required. However, they do save my hands. They are not quite as forgiving as they used to. And as a friend of mine used to say..... "my middle name is not Manuel Labour" He was an iron worker / rigger erector for over 30 years and knew how to use ...

That question is a hard one to answer....... how much tension to apply is a touchy/feely thing. It all depends in how strong your hands are, the weight of the canvas and how "spongy" the canvas is. This is where practice makes perfect. Basically, just enough cantilever pressure is applied ...

You should be all right in stretching this painted canvas since you have stretched raw canvas before. Things to think about: where is this art from - what type of fabric was used and is it strong enough to be stretched - is the fabric stretchy and prone to sagging afterwards work from the center out...

you can also check with an auto parts shop....... I got these for about $21 when they were on special price http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11248662&search=microfiber&Mo=5&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=500004...