The Framers Forum

Hello,

I would be interested to know how people seal frames with filletts, or deep rebated and shadow box frames.

With frames with a mount I would tape the glass, mount, artwork on backing mount, and backing board together with invisible tape all round the edges. And then seal with brown tape at the back when this package is put into the frame.

With deep frames I put the glass into the frame and fix it in with glaziers points or by mountboard on foam board lined sides. The subject then goes in, followed by backing mount and board and then its sealed with brown tape. But what's the best way of sealing around the glass, if any? I know bits of dust and bugs will get in.

Any advice welcomed.

Thank you.

Sarah

You can stick the spacer to the glass as well as to the rebate.

When taping the first way you mentioned there's no need to include the backing board, just glass, mount & undermount. Why invisible tape? It's concealed (and how the hell do find invisible tape anyway), Lineco foil tape is the best for that job IMHO.

It isn't quite so important to seal around the glass with this type of frame. I do it party to make assemble easier and partly to form a trap for bugs. They don't seem to like box frames as much as frames with window mounts. I think they like squeezing in between glass and mount.

Sometimes I do glass-spaced frames by using a narrow, rebated moulding under the glass. In that case I would pin in the art into the inner moulding, place glass on top and tape the glass to the moulding. Then you have a single unit that just drops into the outer frame and fixed by whatever method.

If you want a seal on a frame that has simple spacers made with wood, foamcore or whatever, you can always run some narrow doublestick along the rebate and stick the glass in.

Hi
I used a fillet for the first time recently so had the same situation. I ran a thin bead of clear silicone sealer around the rebate before inserting the glass. Hopefully this will stop the little blighters from entering via the front of the frame. Not sure if this is a recognised method of sealing this type of work but I am fairly confident it will do the trick.

Peter

Thanks all for your advice.

Running double sided tape along the rebate seems so obvious when said! I will experiment with that and the silicone.

Sarah