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- Thu 19 May, 2022 7:15 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Keeping the oak grain when painting it
- Replies: 5
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Re: Keeping the oak grain when painting it
Thanks Nick and Mark, both really useful replies. The paint is a rose and hollis white earth pigment - its water based. Am wondering if perhaps I didn’t water it down enough. Will try some other white paints watered down, minus the wire wool. Great tips relating to the grain, it can be so inconsiste...
- Thu 19 May, 2022 6:28 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Keeping the oak grain when painting it
- Replies: 5
- Views: 875
Keeping the oak grain when painting it
Hello I’m making a series of frames for a client. some are oak with just a beeswax polish, the others the client wants in oak painted white. I’ve trialled a white spirit and it’s not white enough and I’m now using an earth white pigment and am loosing the grain a lot. Have watered the paint down and...
- Sat 23 Oct, 2021 8:10 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: How to mount an acrylic painting in a floating box frame
- Replies: 11
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Re: How to mount an acrylic painting in a floating box frame
Thanks all for your suggestions! Going to give the St Ives a try
- Thu 21 Oct, 2021 10:11 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: How to mount an acrylic painting in a floating box frame
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1940
Re: How to mount an acrylic painting in a floating box frame
the painting is on a Daler-Rowney economy canvas panel which is 'sheets of compressed card adhered to primed cotton canvas'. heres a link to it (just a different size) https://artdiscount.co.uk/products/daler-rowney-simply-canvas-panels-multi-packs?variant=32378722451538¤cy=GBP&utm_med...
- Thu 21 Oct, 2021 9:11 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: How to mount an acrylic painting in a floating box frame
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1940
Re: How to mount an acrylic painting in a floating box frame
Thanks Both. The painting is on a canvas panel, it's slim so not sure i can safely attach any hardware to the back of it without damaging the painting.
- Thu 21 Oct, 2021 9:03 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 3
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Re: Hello
thank you!
- Wed 20 Oct, 2021 2:47 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: How to mount an acrylic painting in a floating box frame
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1940
How to mount an acrylic painting in a floating box frame
Hello, I'm new to framing and wanted some advice on how to mount an acrylic painting in a floating box frame. The painting is 500mmx600mm and weighs 1kg. My concern is how to ensure the painting doesn't detach from the adhesive over time. Would the best method be to attach it to a slightly smaller f...
- Wed 20 Oct, 2021 2:37 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2408
Hello
Hello, Very excited to be part of the forum. I made my first frame a few years ago when I did a short framing course at city lit college. Since then I got a morso machine and as my kids are getting older I'm now finding time to make frames for friends and family. I'm looking forward to developing my...