I would use Secol V-strips.
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- Thu 25 May, 2023 12:00 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Tape not holding a piece of artwork in place
- Replies: 14
- Views: 772
- Wed 24 May, 2023 4:47 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: AI/ChatGpt
- Replies: 14
- Views: 943
Re: AI/ChatGpt
HAL (2001 A Space Odyssey):
"I know I've made some very poor decisions recently”
‘Nuff said

"I know I've made some very poor decisions recently”
‘Nuff said


- Sat 01 Apr, 2023 1:48 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Hand Finising Course Thursday 30th March
- Replies: 3
- Views: 896
Re: Hand Finising Course Thursday 30th March
Well who’d have thought that hand-finishing could be fun! I must admit, I didn’t expect it to be so, but I went on Gesso&Bole's course the other day and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. We covered a lot of ground, with Jeremy demonstrating various techniques in the morning and then me having a go in the...
- Tue 28 Mar, 2023 9:08 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: Broadband/phone providers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 469
Re: Broadband/phone providers
I mean the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which is superseding analogue phones between now and 2025, and which I think is different from what you've mentioned.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/20 ... technology
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- Tue 28 Mar, 2023 5:08 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: Broadband/phone providers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 469
Re: Broadband/phone providers
Thanks for the replies. Until recently I'd had good service from my current provider but I'm having a few problems with their service at the moment. I've been with them for many years so I don't know if I'm missing something better. Is anyone on the new digital service? Only one lot of my friends ar...
- Tue 28 Mar, 2023 8:00 am
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: Broadband/phone providers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 469
Broadband/phone providers
I'm thinking of changing my broadband/phone provider. Does anyone have any recommendations, or "avoid like the plague" suggestions?
- Wed 15 Mar, 2023 10:24 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hi Everyone!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 643
Re: Hi Everyone!
Welcome to the forum, Ama 

- Mon 13 Mar, 2023 6:10 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Flattening prints
- Replies: 4
- Views: 669
Re: Flattening prints
If I don't want to leave it flattening under weights for days, I sometimes reverse-roll prints. I use the largest diameter tube I can find to reverse-roll around - very slowly and carefully - and I only do it if the print is on reasonably thin paper. If the paper is too thick, there's the risk of it...
- Sat 11 Mar, 2023 12:21 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Newbie says hi
- Replies: 5
- Views: 656
Re: Newbie says hi
Hi Zac, welcome :) Good luck in your new career, and I'm sure you'll find this forum helpful. I've been on 3 picture framing courses at West Dean, all with John Hill who is an excellent tutor. Even on my third course, I still learnt loads! @John - I've also been on Gaynor Goffe's course, but it was ...
- Tue 28 Feb, 2023 11:56 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Framing silks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 680
Re: Framing silks
Really helpful replies, thank you all ever so much.
- Tue 28 Feb, 2023 10:09 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Framing silks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 680
Framing silks
I've been asked to frame 2 silks, both with an image area of around 30x25cm. Six of the sides have a generous edge, but the edges of the other two sides are only a couple of centimetres wide, if that. They are extremely thin and delicate, they float in the air. I'm thinking of either... - Doing the ...
- Mon 27 Feb, 2023 9:10 am
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: What do you listen to when working?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5295
Re: What do you listen to when working?
Thanks for letting me know, I think I'll have to do some exploringGesso&Bole wrote: ↑Sun 26 Feb, 2023 6:35 pmI first heard this style of ‘medicine music’ on @itsparisamagic on instagram

- Sun 26 Feb, 2023 5:47 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: What do you listen to when working?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5295
Re: What do you listen to when working?
I'd never heard of them so I listened to one of their songs on Youtube. I don't think I've heard South American music since The Flight of the Condor on television several decades ago! I really enjoyed it, how did you come across them?My current favourite is a group called Curawaka.
- Sun 26 Feb, 2023 5:43 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Acrylic expansion
- Replies: 3
- Views: 669
Re: Acrylic expansion
Thanks both for that reassurance.
- Sat 25 Feb, 2023 9:08 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Acrylic expansion
- Replies: 3
- Views: 669
Acrylic expansion
I normally use glass, not much acrylic at all, and I usually tape up a "sandwich" of glass/mount/art/undermount. If I do use acrylic, should I not tape up a sandwich, in case the tape stops the acrylic expanding if it wants to?
- Mon 20 Feb, 2023 1:32 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Cold Turkey
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1622
Re: Cold Turkey
Good to see you back! 

- Sun 19 Feb, 2023 1:50 pm
- Forum: Business Matters
- Topic: New framer, struggling with pricing.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1894
Re: New framer, struggling with pricing.
Similarly, with mouldings, if you need to lengths of moulding, but will be left with 3/4 if a length, how do you know when it will be needed for another job. I have mouldings i bought years ago still sitting around and i bet most framers will too. Yep, and what's more, you might think that you can ...
- Thu 16 Feb, 2023 10:17 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: Odourless white spirit
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1379
Re: Odourless white spirit
That's really helpful and solved the problem, thank you both.
The Bob Ross one... so that will be a happy little white spirit presumably
The Bob Ross one... so that will be a happy little white spirit presumably

- Thu 16 Feb, 2023 6:33 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: Odourless white spirit
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1379
Odourless white spirit
I need to source an odour-free white spirit that’s suitable to use when painting in oils or acrylic. The only odour-free white spirit I can find is Bartoline's Clean Spirit, but the label says “Not recommended for the thinning of oil based paints”. It also says “White spirit should be used for this ...
- Sun 05 Feb, 2023 1:33 am
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: Framing for critique
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1454
Re: Framing for critique
Don't worry Rainbow. It was just a light hearted criticism made to a framer who knows me quite well. Ah, I see, thanks :) So it sounds as if you don't like the blue frame, and thinking again about what constitutes "good taste" (as per the "Four Levels" thread), I'm wondering what sort of frame you ...