The Framers Forum

Ps did you buy Melinex corners or make them yourself? Which tape did you use to attach them at the back? Many thanks.

Looks great. I can’t actually see your melanin corners but did you make them yourself from a sheet? Also can’t see from the front how record is attached with your car trim panels. Can’t envisage them so I’ll google now to see what they look like!

Ps the customer actually suggested I cut the record to make it easier so the usual top priority of conservation framing is now balanced with framing it securely so it stays in place!

Thanks so much for your advice. I think attaching the record sleeve and record is complicated by having to have the record peeping out of the record sleeve and hence making a non- symmetrical shape. What ‘reversible adhesive’ would you recommend ? I guess another option for the record would be a dab...

Hi Please can anyone advise on the best way to attach a record sleeve and vinyl record to a sheet of mount board. I'm not using a frame deep enough to use mirror screws to attach the record. Only half of the record is showing, peeping out of the record sleeve. The client does not want to play the re...

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Do you need to seal a frame that is hand painted with matt emulsion? Thanks

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I have a small grease/oil stain on a mount. I was told I could remove it using an iron, brown paper and lime juice. Does anyone know how much and how one should apply the lime juice? Or does anyone have an effective way of removing an oil/grease spot? Thanks,

Hi A customer has brought me a piece of glass with a picture etched onto it and would like it framed. Does there exist any piece of hardware that enables such an item to be framed in which you don't see the points behind holding it in. I originally thought of using spacer and points but that can be ...

thanks for the advice...I'll see whether i can track down one of those fibreglass brushes.

Jack Vettriano????

Are there any top tips or techniques for getting rid of small marks on mount boards without affecting the surface of the board? Often on white mountboard, presumably formed in the manufacturing process, a tiny hair is visible just under the surface of the mountboard. 50% of the time I succeed in get...

Apologies......just read through my post yesterday and of course I meant 7.5mm not 0.75. Sorry .

Thank you so much everyone for your advice. Yes, it was 0.75mm and, as you suggested, I used my Stanley knife and scored it, followed by successive cuts rather than trying to cut it all at once and it did make a clean cut. For some reason, I feared it was going to be a ragged cut and bits of mountbo...

Thanks for that advice David . I've just taken a really close look and realise that it is in fact just very thick mountboard and not foam board - almost .75mm thick of mountboard - that's going to be even tougher to trim isn't it?

Hi I need to trim half a centimetre off the top and a mere quarter of a centimetre off the sides of a foam board backed window mount which doesn't come apart. It measures just under .75mm. I've been told I should be able to do it with a Stanley knife with a fresh blade but am very nervous of trying ...

Thanks for that but all the double sided tapes I am familiar with are either not strong enough or don't meet with conservation standards. I swapped a picture into a frame the other day and noticed that the very established framer who had framed it previously had used paste and it stuck very well so ...

Thanks for that which might explain my difficulty in finding it!!! What do you use to attach large prints to mountboard securely?? Thanks.

Hi Does anyone know where you can purchase wet mounting paste? I need to attach large prints to mountboard and I'm finding my usual method of using circles of filmoplast 90 not strong enough. It needs to be conservation standard and reversible. Is there other method of attaching artwork recommended?...

Thanks for that. Somone recommended to me bathroom sealant. Is that the same as 'silicone'? I thought the benefit of using that is that you can reverse it if necessary. Both objects I'm framing are of value and I would like to be able to reverse it. Thanks for the tip about sticking the mountboard t...

I have a heavy tile to attach to mountboard. What is it best to use? - heavy duty velcro so it can be removed if ever desired, aruldite (obviously non-reversible) or is there any other very strong glue that is recommended? Also, when attaching a painting on board to a piece of hardboard/MDF, what is...