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Those are mahogany frames, says so in the article.

Don't they have an engineer who could come and help? If not that's quite a bad show. I remember setting up our Fletcher wall mounted cutter was a bit of a rigmarole.

Centrado have discontinued the entire range without letting us know (as usual) and I need two lengths if anybody has any, fingers crossed.

Using a copper wire brush is my choice when opening the grain after sanding.

Hi All,

Just wondering if anyone can identify this moulding at all, it's a very wide 110mm in an ogee shape. The customer is looking for something similar but in a narrower width at around 75mm. The finish is what I would call Italian silver which has a warm tone over the silver, I have found a ...

I apply with either a brush or paper towel, on plain woods for a more durable wax finish I warm the wax with a hairdryrer so that it melts and really penetrates the grain wiping at the same time with a paper towel which also removes any excess whilst still appliying where needed, once dry, buff with ...

I had a similar problem, we chose to mount the textile with hooks and eyes as the customer wanted to be able to remove the textile the framing to had to be easy to open for this purpose.
The eyes were riveted onto 2200 micron solidcore board (slightly smaller than the object) and the hooks were ...

It's height then width for me, I thought that was industry standard?

Yes that does look like the same culprit doesn't it?

Best coarse brushes I find are the grass brushes, you can get these from John Mylands in London. Here's their number 0208 761 5700. They are available in 1" and 2" widths and not too expensive. They do last well too if looked after.

That's some bare faced cheek there and no mistake. Let's hope the pair of them get caught.

I have a request from a customer for an oval frame in a bespoke size, I can make ovals myself to certain moulding profile and dimensions but need a frame outside of my expertise. Does anyone on the forum have any contacts that may be able to assist? The frame would need to be made from a decent ...

Hi all, I have been asked to provide a bullet pointed advice for an article on framing based on the proposition of free advertising. I'm thinking of keeping it quite simple as to burble on too much about framing techniques,conservation,archival etc may leave the consumer confused. Has anyone on the ...

Awesome!

:giggle: That made me laugh! I saw it on the BBC news at lunch talk about origin of the species is against religious theology she has turned Jesus into a spider monkey!

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Thanks for the info I did have a look at their site which is very good, I'll have to give them a shout next time I need a gilded plaque (for pricing) as I generally get mine from the US, here:

http://www.thegoldleaf.com/

The plaques are already sorted thanks to Will's suggestion above and I must ...

Good point prospero that's what I generally do.

Another method is to use brown kraft paper, cut oversize and dampen to stretch the paper, apply pva to the back of the frame moulding, place frame onto kraft paper and press down on frame, turn frame over and using a small roller, roll where paper is ...

Thanks for the input.

Thanks Will , will ring them tomorrow.