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Id say when hung, the cord is at least at 15 degrees so for my 1-2kg frames, that’s all good!

Justintime wrote: Thu 29 May, 2025 11:37 pm White frame backs look like and sometimes are archival/level 1 framing. Your framed work can be the same as everyone else's or literally "next level"!

I just don’t like the look! I like a nice brown frame back

If you are mounting with top and bottom hinged together, why not use standard Tawny board - up to now I have found that very flat?


I'm thinking I will go back to tawny board. I started putting a sheet behind my bagged mounted prints too, so liked the idea of the slightly lighter Corri-cor.

I ...

I use Tawny board and recently I ordered some conservation Tawny board and every sheet bowed the wrong way, so I ordered some Corri-Cor conservation and though generally it bows the right way, towards the edge it curves the opposite way - not useful.


That's what I'm finding too. I wondered if ...

Justintime wrote: Thu 29 May, 2025 11:49 am If you look for a backing board with the same face papers on front and back then it easy to just fit it with the curve facing inwards. Corrí Con and Artbak Con for example.

That's a good point, but I really don't like white frame backs though!

Hi,

I tend to use Kraft lined boards for my frame backs, but have always preferred corrugated board. I know Corri-cor is supposed to have a slight bow which helps the artwork stay flat - while it does have this bow, I always seem to get sheets that have more of an 'S' or an 'M' shaped bow along ...

I switch between 1.4 and 2.6 a few times a day (as I use both for my own work). I have a fletcher but I find once the blade depth is set, I don’t adjust the production stops - which are calibrated for 2.6mm anyway), I just add 2.5mm to the bottom production stop scale. So if it’s a 60mm border, I ...

I noticed that Larson's chop price doesn't match with what they charge for chop (they add something else), so if FramR is using Larson's chop price, it'll never match.

As an example, this moulding is £6 per metre chop (which is the price FramR is using) but Larson's website calculates a 500x500 ...

You can either put in one of the specifically created boards - such as Larson Juhl's conservation backing board - which can be used as an undermount, eg code number LLL008950, or choose one of the jumbo boards if needed. All of those can be found under their listings for backing boards and have ...

Justintime wrote: Tue 14 May, 2024 2:47 pm Yeah I see your logic. I think I did the same way with Estlite so it made sense to carry on.

Framiac doesn’t seem to allow you to do that though. It won’t let you type a mount code under backing boards

Under Extras, I have added one called "Hinging" which is for straight T hinging but includes the cost of the undermount. Obviously it doesn't allow for rag mounts though, so I lose a bit there. Alternatively you could add the undermount as another mount and by clicking on "Straight" you can change ...

I might be wrong to ask this as a continuation of this thread, but I'm just trialing Framiac again to simplify things, but I wondered if there's anyone here who uses it, how you factor in your undermount? There doesn't appear to be a section for it. If you add it as a second mount, it will calculate ...

pramsay13 wrote: Fri 10 May, 2024 8:31 pm I'm £77.63 for the first one and £139.11 for the second.

Finally someone close to my prices!! Can I ask, does that include VAT?

JFeig wrote: Fri 10 May, 2024 4:48 pm Remember this old adage "you have happier customers if you lower your price than to increase it".

That’s my next concern! I already have a lot of repeat customers! I’ll blame the government!!

Just remember that my ambition is to assist. This is one of many things that is not always taught in art schools


I absolutely appreciate it. I think artists are renowned for being bad at this. I didn’t go to art school - I studied Maths at uni, where they teach you even less about this stuff ...

There are 2 profits for any business, one is the wages you earn as an employee/owner-operator and the other is the profit of the business (return on investment). If you want to be paid for you skills as being self employed you have to charge accordingly to survive. Adding a framing department is ...

I do think I need to trial some software again. Being completely Mac based, there are very few options that don't require Parallels to run them - and I've used my my parallels trials. So to trial any would require me to buy parallels up front. As far I can see, I-Framer is the only one out there ...

You're buying materials wholesale and adding value by cutting, joining etc. If you're not charging a proper markup on materials then in effect you are supplying them at a wholesale price?!


That's what I'm seeing now! I've been classing my hourly rate as my 'adding value' but you're right, that ...

Those assumptions would mean your cost of goods and labour (I've called it 45 mins to make it easier) are 22.01+30 = 52.01
plus 30% - (and many do not mark up their hourly rate but you must) = 67.61 plus VAT = 81.14.


It's definitely the mark up that I'm missing. In simplified terms, what I'm ...

I'm £105 & £230 no vat. I have a few framers on speed dial and we often price check and compare notes. They're not local to me, but we work to the same standards, so it has helped me ensure I'm not undercharging.
When you say you have low overheads, are you sure that you are considering all of the ...