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I use Fletcher tabs guns for most frames, but also have a red devil glaziers point gun which fire very rigid small diamond points. Really useful little tool. Link to one sold on ebay here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-RED-D ... 500wt_1202

Cheers

Nick

Get the elephant who painted it to stand on it for a few minutes, that should do the trick!

Seriously, I place the artwork between 2 pieces of mountboard and put several pieces of glass on top. If you do this for 24 hours, it should be pretty flat.

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Nick

Thanks all again, I do leave the tape in the dispenser, but always empty the water at the end of the day, so that could make a difference.

With regards to humidity in the workshop, we are having a new heating system put in, so we will be able to sort any problems with this hopefully.

Cheers

Nick

Thanks for that Mark, I tend to get through it quite quickly, but order a few at a time from Wessex and they come open to the elements. I then store on my shelves until needed, so you are probably right that it could be the fact it sits open for a period of time. I get a Wessex order every week, so ...

Hi all, I use Gummed tape to seal the back of my frames which I much prefer to self adhesive tape. However, having used a roll for a while I will find that the tape does come off the roll properly as if the adhesive is starting to stick together. I work out of a dry fully insulated unit with heating...

We have had a busy October, mostly with bigger, more expensive jobs helping sales. It looks like ending up on September which was not a bad month. What we are finding which may be contrary to others is that we are selling less items, but our customers are spending more. Where we used to do a lot of ...

I shrink wrap any mounts I send, and then tend to sandwich it using correx with a waterproof tape around the edge. I get Correx from Lion and it is pretty cost effective. For pictures, same as above with blue foam, bubblewrap and a double walled box. If the picture is glazed, I tape the glass so tha...

I recently had a delivery of about 60 lengths of mouldings and 5 had some dings at some point along. I accepted this as pretty good, so made no complaints. However, unlike J2M, these were very well packed. It is unlikely mouldings are going to arrive in good shape without a good amount of corrugated...

Maybe the way to get rid of them is to filter them back into auctions in smaller numbers, even one set of images at a time. I have seen similar, it depends how much they paid, but you can often find you will get as much (or close to) for one set of prints as a massive bundle. We had a similar recent...

Hi,

Axminister do a mitre trimmer. I started with one of these and got the measuring attachments as well. Not a bad price too.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/axcaliber-mt ... rod858421/

Cheers

Nick

My supplier recently sent me a load of new samples FOC and sent 15" samples, and this had made a difference to the mouldings I am selling to my customers (as was mentioned would happen in an above post). With the set up of our shop, we have 2 different boards, so I put the wider mouldings on th...

Hi,

Just on off chance, if anyone has a 3m length of lion L1587 70mm 'Puccini' Matt Pewter I would be grateful.

I ordered some yesterday, but apparently they have discontinued the whole range. Please pm me if you have any spare.

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Nick

I had a painting in auction when they were filming one of these type of programmes and Marc Stacey was there. My lot was about lot 550 and had an estimate of £1,500-2,500. At about lot 200, one of the auctioneers came up to me to say that they were going to withdraw my lot because Stacey had taken a...

We had some travellers near arrive every year near us. Fences were built, but they broke those and got in. They left only when they wanted, but the mess they left behind was unbelievable. After they left one year, it was decided that the only way to stop them was to dig out a trench all the way arou...

At auction, about £20-£40 would be a likely estimate. They come up regularly and these are not particularly rare ones. It always makes you feel awful seeing these sell for nothing.

Nick

All sold now thanks

Both point drivers now sold. Tape dispenser still available.

Thanks

Hi,

To clear them, I will sell the point driver's for £30 each including postage via recorded delivery. the tape dispenser for £25 including postage.

I can invoice by paypal. If interested, PM me or email n.porter@fusionantiques.com.

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I have 2 x 'FLEXIMASTER' HAND Flexipoint Driver's for sale in good condition (£38 each including postage) and a gummed tape dispenser (£30 including postage).

Anyone interested PM me.

Cheers

Nick

I post a large number of framed and glazed paintings to the States. I use bubble wrap and blue foam corners and it then goes in a double or triple walled box. I have very few problems with them arriving in the right condition. However, bear in mind that regardless of yo taking shipping insurance, th...